1976

by David

1976

snooker balls crack in the heat.

school afternoons Mrs Taylor has us lie down and sleep.

the sky is too bright.

it bleaches the chalky soil.

in the summer holidays we paddle in the brook

six feet below the field,

spot minnows & sticklebacks

- transparent slivers in the dazzle & shallows -

they shiver and dart

then anchor in the stream

hold still as page-markers

while you watch your serious children play