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Bucket and Spade (Childhood)

by Gus Jonsson

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I recall the rain

Crying into my dreams

No charabanc for me

No trip to the sea

 

Squalling

 

The gusting wind scattered my broken heart

All ways like grains of sand

My bucket and spade

Laid

Hand in hand upon my bedroom floor

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Friday 28th January 2011 1:58 pm

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