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red brick and roses
on a hill’s green shoulder
jam tarts and rice pudding
the gas fire’s stutter
her iron thumping on its board
a whoosh from the cistern
sun on polished pale blue lino
seed trays in the kitchen window
sugared almonds in a cut-glass bowl
pills she hoarded in a cupboard
the sizzle of a Sunday roast
her hand shaking as she smoked
the suitcase she packed
the bus she caught
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Sharon lives in Otley, West Yorkshire. Her poems have been published in print and online, most recently in Five Words Vol XIII, About Larkin, Ink Sweat and Tears and Places of Poetry.
