Autobiography

Random Scenes from Childhood

a wedding in the pub
.....windows lit green
..........barrels in the yard
...............mountaineers
lost in the market place
.....slip away unseen
..........pulse pounding hard
...............race home in tears
having tonsils out
.....gulping ice-cream
..........printing on sheets
...............trampoline bed
building a sandpit crocodile
.....mom’s pretended scream
...........“killing” it with feet
...............castle walls instead
visiting my gran
.....sunday afternoon
..........cakes and jelly
...............unfamiliar street
hiding in the alley
.....distant as the moon
..........butterfly belly
...............homeward retreat