Tuesday, 9 April 2019

Tuesday Poem: "Beattie is Three" by Adrian Mitchell


At the top of the stairs
I ask for her hand.  O.K.

She gives it to me.

How her fist fits my palm,

A bunch of consolation.

We take our time

Down the steep carpetway

As I wish silently

That the stairs were endless.

by Adrian Mitchell



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