Joan

Small flat in Stockwell Grove

Is where you spent your days

pack of 10 Lambert

box of Malteasers

and a TV Guide covered in biro circles.

Bailey’s at christmas 

fag in the yard

new christmas perfume

5 pound in a card

old lady cautious

clamp on the car.

A small part of my childhood

suddenly gone

you’re not still here

but Emmerdale is still on