Daughter's First Halloween Bonfire
DAUGHTER’S FIRST HALLOWEEN BONFIRE
Arm around her tiny back, ham fist
And nails that could scratch granite,
Fingers to crush metal bottle caps,
Chin-stubble sandpaper rubs her face.
The little girl he shoulders to see the flames.
She shelters from the heat behind his neck,
Mesmerised but terrified by the flames,
And the stars obscured rudely by smoke,
And soot flakes like ragged black crows
Suddenly scared from a tree.
Copyright © Sidney Beck | Year Posted 2010
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