Monday, 3 August 2026

the black path that turned red

 the black path that turned red


cold but fearless

the toboggan sped down the black path

until it hit a stone and spat us out


from the bus stop down to station road

straight as a die it walked the workmen

there and back again

and took us off on adventures 

to there and maybe


either side poor grass existed

under the tips that existed

always since


alight at the bottom 

and there was the culvert that ran

long under the station

dripping with the white stalactites

of our daring dripping staring 

for the other side of did


one night

the black path turned red

ochre cinders injected a surprise

that permanence could demise

that snow melts

and we leave no footprints 

on our many merry ways


other than the can 

that we kick down memory lane

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