not an epigraph
mum waited
in the cemetery for far too long
dad had not arrived
on the bus with his legs for most of the way
in the way he was coping
taking the independent way
the short cut that ended up in someone’s garden
incredulity doubled up
got there in the end and was scolded
not quite ‘you would be better off dead’
for the wait had been cold on a warm day
and an epigraph seemed inappropriate
when arm in arm laid the flowers
and turned for home
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