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Passing
Today a builder’s truck
headlights flashing
halts the traffic
allows the cortège
to proceed.
A flat-capped man
stops to salute
our procession
with his walking stick.
Two crows pause
their feast of berries
as the hearse passes.
About the Author
Karen Powell-Curtis has a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Leicester. Her poetry has been published in various anthologies and magazines including Welcome to Leicester: poems about the city, The Interpreter’s House and Silver Birch Press. She is on Twitter as @kepowellcurtis and Instagram as @karenpowellcurtis. Her website is karenpowellnotebook.wordpress.com
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