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Friday 2 February 2024

The dramatic remains

Cow & Calf

River on the flattened valley

Forgive the thermal spas

And the candelabra

At the wishing well

We wish them well


Truth to tell

It was on a school trip to the abbey

The sisters and I

And a hunk of Cistercian monks

Making wine

And catching fishes in the water


Blunt, to the point

Overtaken in the making

Our teacher

Your mother and father

Or your cousin

Or daughter, or son


Anyhow, no need to shout, or blame

We side stepped the stones

Stepping backwards through the water

About turn; hell, hellfire; year five, not ever

No more the same

No, not ever again



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