Sport 2: Autumn 1989
II
II.
Today the letter
came
calling us to Plymouth.
Missy, Noel and I
were fetching windfalls
by the gate.
(Pippins)
then Missy
grabbed my hand,
squeezing till it hurt —
said
Look!
and through the open door
I saw mother at the kitchen table
crying
one rose apple
in her hands.