place of birth

 

I was born here

two corridors back

1982

 

FA Cup day

early summer heat

starched cotton

 

and the wiping of a brow

just a girl

Eighteen.

 

I was born here

two decades back

when Thatcher wore the crown

 

It was a sad day

I don’t remember it

but I know that it was

 

I wear it every day

a talisman

my ode to the melancholy

Born within these walls

instilled in us all.