if the shoe fits (extract)
toiling through the snow
he hums to keep his spirit up
yielding to the wind
the frozen reeds and grasses
bend and whistle too
signs of hope none
words of comfort too few
to be garnered here
memories in silence
sorrow in downcast eyes
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if the shoe fits (extract)
I
It isn’t a particularly remarkable day in May. Warm but not over
warm. I’ve never been here before, to the Imperial War Museum. It’s
much as I expected – tanks and rockets and bits of planes – apart, that
is, from the 27,000 clay figures.
colourless clay
around each tiny shape
a bright ribbon
They represent the number of children killed or wounded in the
closing months of the Second World War.
young spirits roam
is that the grumble of spring thunder
or something more sinister
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© Anne-Marie Glasheen 1995-2008
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