micro plastic sunset no.5 by Simon Alderwick

of course, every other romance

started with a walk down 2

the creek, thru a rapid field

setting off allergies,

while she asked a lot of questions

4 her mother, a tired piece

wrung out like a drying cloth

as if 1 day we'd share the

memory as R kids shone

from behind fridge magnets.

of course, these days we R

digital. R kids write code

whilst we crack jokes, disguising

awkwardness 4 IQ. hunger 4 hurt.

R battles a shopping trolley sunk.

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Simon Alderwick lives in West Wales. His poems have recently appeared in Feral, Coven, Ink Sweat & Tears, Dust, & Black Flowers, among others. He's on Twitter @SimonAlderwick