Maria Worton is an activist and poet.

remembering and forgetting

 

the thames is

remembering

then forgetting

past the shimmering

concrete glass

front of festival

hall evaporating

in a mediterranean

heat people

are ordering

cold beer

sangria aside

from one

 

man hovering

sleeves rolled

forearms loose

limp ends

newly made

redundant by

two uniformed

keepers of the peace

weighing in

the beaten up

super bag

plastic bottle

whiff of water

used book

routinely noting

 

…in the drop-in

i'd served him…

what… eggs… tea…?

are you okay?

sun squinting

blue eyes

murmuring

he says

i’m emptying

my mind so

there’s nothing

for them

to find

there.

 

© Maria Worton