Leafy Afternoon
Tina Fulker
a shady
leafy afternoon
circled the house
emptying
of trapped butterflies
with a song
at the bottom
of the garden
"The sunsets that were borrowed
have all been put back"
honey
I’m not
completing a course
in creative writing
I’m not
the last marshmallow
in the box
*
inside
a child’s heart
are match box
cars
jigsaw
puzzles
that fit
words like
mup
and rninak
and crayons
to colour
their sky
inside
a child’s heart
is everything
that has
no need
of glue
the silver
shilling
in the money box
the right
star