The last alley

An alley still echoes the moor the heath the poor and the thief

Rich with blackberries, gorse, mountain ash and wild cherry

The longest season this year, eight weeks while

Elsewhere a profusion of plums

Apples galore

White currants still sweet

A moment of thought

Thoughtlessness

And if this was the last year and next year the year to recall the last year?

There were words

Here they are.