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Easter (Free verse) by thetrev
Last summer Sam and I,
tangoed between the hips of the hills.
We spooned gawkily into the stinging grass,
our rambling eyes made out
in their delirium half shadows of heavy
hoofed horses eating the moon.
This Easter Iâve returned to
those trails, cracking the mud.
Anna climbed the kissing gate
and clung to its large eyelid
as it yawned back and forth.
I found those mounds again, by light.
She ran me into its soft belly belting
âthe hills are aliveâ utterly off-key.
It was worth capturing: we took pictures
of our imprints, shadows, our legs by
our ears, elbows on our knees,
(the sheep just watched).
Another gate and we ambled down
the road, the sun was eaten by twigs.
I tried to stamp on each dapple,
Anna skated against the dimples,
till the pub arrived, and pistachios
to crack open. Here, there was no trace left
of past excavations.
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