We both came from families

Of six sisters and two dogs

I had known Margaret Jones forever

But we never slept together

Even though we shared holidays

And sometimes bathed after long walks

It just did not seem the right thing to do

Margaret worked in a Swansea museum

Whilst I was unemployed self employed

And then she left our recent history

Without too much of a discussion

We met up from rime to rime

But mostly kept in contact by letter

And then these faded and stopped

I later found out that she had married Juliet

The exclusion was hurtful and unexplained

I still live in my home city

But have not yet met anyone special



Lynn Jenkins in the Garden