Pass Over

Down Crescent Moon Lane
                  over the Wey's shaky bridge
 
past the lilac heavy hedge, past
                  the white butterfly skirting
 
the hawthorn, past the cemetery
                  with the churchyard billboard
 
Know the meaning of Contemporary Faith
 
                  three green balloons

                    blown
                                    through air
 
quiver in a fitful wind, collide and part
                  collide and part
 
back and forth, east to west,
                  ribbons anchored to the ash.


Maureen Jivani

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