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The house waits for me
blue formica table set for five
yellow bowls brimming with porridge
tin of golden syrup passed from one sticky spoon
to the next
In this old video
the sky is a cloud free blue
a bike forever leans against the house front wall
sheets chug chug in the washer
the line outside wiped clean
gentle breeze blowing
Let me hear again
the voices of my sisters
chanting to the bounce of a ball against the house side wall
singing to the slap of the skipping rope
blue formica table set for five
yellow bowls brimming with porridge
tin of golden syrup passed from one sticky spoon
to the next
In this old video
the sky is a cloud free blue
a bike forever leans against the house front wall
sheets chug chug in the washer
the line outside wiped clean
gentle breeze blowing
Let me hear again
the voices of my sisters
chanting to the bounce of a ball against the house side wall
singing to the slap of the skipping rope