She
I could see their daughter next door
across the spare green land,
cutting herbs from the garden.
Her hair, dyed brown, hanging in rivulets,
jumped in time, to her taut breasts,
like hungry soldiers at a feast.
And I remembered when I was eighteen,
what the world was like.
Copyright © Peter Lewis Holmes | Year Posted 2015
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