Wednesday, 19 September 2018

We were expected


We were expected earlier than the rain.
The swollen river had snatched the bridge,
crawled a yard out every time the
church bells rang. We hurried and hurried.
We washed up a month later downstream
when the brambles let us go, at last,
when we no longer were expected.
 

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