A Good Life

~

compared to recent weather

that’s been capricious at best

today has been somewhat like

Goldilocks’s porridge, just right

warm, light wind and bright skies,

the ripening vegetable patch 

is feeling very bounteous, rewarding

our decision to holiday at home

this year with ample and delicious fare,

plentiful salads, beans, chard, spinach 

all stand erect and proudly display

their ripe and vibrant colours,

tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and 

fat aubergines also vie for best in show,

but it is the sharing that gives most

satisfaction, the gleam in the eyes

of neighbours who gratefully receive

a box of fresh produce, freely given

or a secretive parcel left on the step

a good life feel good glow in these

straightened worrying times

is worth more than money could buy

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© Graham R Sherwood 08/23