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YSJ Anthology 2015

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ON THE POINT OF LEAVING FOR PICKERING, SOMETIME IN<br />

1941<br />

Janet Dean<br />

Seeing me off at Doncaster,<br />

tears at the brim,<br />

not one dare<br />

drop<br />

on her Max Factored face.<br />

Wearing Oxford bags,<br />

coat collar up,<br />

belt buckle trailing,<br />

hands flitting<br />

from pocket to glove.<br />

Warm in the glow<br />

of anticipation,<br />

the steamy breath,<br />

the act of departing.<br />

I mouthed my goodbye,<br />

waving to her.<br />

She pushed her hand<br />

through wavy hair,<br />

not wanting<br />

to wave back.<br />

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