By Linda Cosgriff
Location: Laburnum Way, Cheadle Heath
Mother shrieks at daughter,
‘Be ladylike!’
Old lady on daily Bingo trek
stumbles over
delinquent pavement;
no-one heeds her screams.
Teenagers screech
past on stolen motorbikes:
no helmets. If brains
strike pavement,
will it matter?
I see my world and
weep at the
stench of
hope gone
awry.
Linda Cosgriff is a wife, mother and Open University graduate. She hopes to start an MA in creative writing in 2010. She wrote this poem during the Rainy City Stories writing workshop at Stockport Art Gallery
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1 Melanie Lewicka // September 14, 2009 at 8.42am
I love this poem Linda. It’s terrific. Delinquent pavement is a good strong image, and a fresh use of the words. You manage to be thought provking and witty at the same time, with a tinge of real sadness for the state of things at the end.
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