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Summer 2002 Poetry Competition Second Prize

The Choc Ice Boy

by Carol Wolrich

Email: carol.a.w@blueyonder.co.uk

 

Soft-toned on the palate like Neapolitan ice-cream,

the jay and the chaffinch carry roses

on their breasts; pink plumage slices

in home-grown shades of pastel summers.

And I recall; creamy, cold flavours

- vanilla, strawberry, chocolate -

melting on my tongue, long ago.

 

But you always chose a choc ice

from Mr Tony's van.

You liked to break the brittle-tender shell.

And I wonder about you now:

Do you listen when a song thrush sings?

Do you still enjoy breaking things?

Do you ever think of me?

©2002 Carol Wolrich

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