Pete Crowther Poems

Come dear rat, gnawer of wood,
Come dear rat, hungry for food.

Come leave your home under the floor,
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At the tender age of twelve
my daughter, bless her,
was registered as a vegetarian.
She was duly accredited
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St. Abune Teklehaimanot, I pray
You help me win the Lottery today.
I beseech, entreat and beg
You who stood upon one leg
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I loved you and that love perhaps,
Still lingers somewhere in my heart;
But do not let it trouble you;
I would not wish to grieve you now.
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The weather girl
Is a priceless pearl.
Chic and smart,
She has the art
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Not feeling like a chat that afternoon
in the hospital waiting room, I sat
at the back in a row of empty chairs.
I didn’t have long to wait before
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As I wash my hands
The fly on the window sill
Is washing hers too.
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Soft-footed as a mother when her child’s asleep
So gentle autumn tiptoes in unseen
To take the summer’s place. We are surprised
Each year to find the nights now cool, the evenings
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Stepping onto the sun-warmed sand
Littered with pebbles, dried flotsam and shells,
Hearing the calls of the distant gulls,
The rhythmical breath of the breaking waves
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A black hole is hungry,
it swallows light,
even the odd galaxy
like a hoover,
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