Merryn Williams
The Young Men's End Of The Churchyard
In the hay fever months, I roam
down to the old part of the churchyard,
where stones topple sideways, and no one comes
with shears, or shop-bought flowers.
This is the young men’s end,
seven of them clustered in the shade of
that hedge, with its elderflower and bright red plums
which drop into the summer grass, untasted.
The dates are from the nineteen-thirties, years
of no antibiotics, and it’s barely
a step from the road, where the young
roar past on stolen motorbikes.
(One came to grief by that pond,
and yellow iris marked the spot for ages).
The iron gate is always on the latch, as if
they heard the shrieks of laughter,
as if they were longing to jump up and ride,
motorcycle nights, through the shadows.
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