Friday, 21 April 2017

contrail

this day is bright, the last day of the holidays.
it is a quiet morning, an early morning.

the son is sleeping in his bed

get up, select clothing from the heap, find clean underwear in the suitcase.

A case for suits, holding socks now.
And a large plastic bag of dirty clothes

Toothbrush.


Read the news, a French policeman killed, maybe more.
One dead madman, murderer, misguided, dead too

Watch the contrails of the distant aircraft passing,
leaving a white line over the brown hills lit by the low sun.

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