Saturday 11 April 2020

soft soap‬

soft soap‬
‪lifeboy in the zinc bath‬
‪sandy grit in the bar‬  that 
‪jarred my finger’s nerves‬
‪out tepid‬
in went the scrub a dub dub‬
‪as mum did the washing‬
‪board shuffle‬
‪not a snuffle now‬
‪for those days are gone‬
‪yet linger damp in crevices‬
‪like a lost kiss

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