Boxing Day morning, Walpole Park

Poem by Barbara Davey

by Barbara Davey 17th September 2021

Beneath its spreading branches
the conifer shelters a body
tucked up against the wall.

The gloom makes details
difficult to discern
but they’re using a sleeping bag
so it must have been planned
in a manner of speaking.
Out of the rain, the needled ground
will afford a measure of comfort.