Passing the allotments at North Sheen
Passing the allotments at North Sheen
Passing the allotments at North Sheen
by Christian Ward
Pudding cups of white bindweed flowers by the railway tracks plan a distraction away from wild blackberries and ivy leavesturning a shade of mulled wine.Whatever was planted will wait:The climbing runner beans will have to pause mid-climb, scarecrow heads of pumpkinswill have to scare the earth a little longer.
This is the vote of the unseen community. This is what their unseen hands, elaborate as henna, vast and complex as a tributary have decided.
Perhaps I'll put this scene between the pages of a heavy bookto preserve it, watch it Polaroid my room on those difficult dayswhen I feel heavier than the soilturning underneath my feet.
This is the community I need.
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Featured in our November 2021 issue, "Community"