Tuesday, 19 September 2023

as i recall

 as i recall


there was a pat of butter

thick and round

and wrapped in grease proof paper

labelled welsh salt butter

and on the way back from howell’s shop

with a crusty loaf

you could suck the salt from the butter

through the paper 

like a vampire shunning daylight

surreptitious entered my lexicon

and disbelief at the toothmarks

on the loaf 

on mum’s tablecloth

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