29.09 – 905 Watts
in Sussex clouds
the old woman asks the roof
to make slow-cooker beef stew
the repairman arrives
says the house alarm
is older than his thirty-year-old son
replaces the battery
old for new
while the roof makes tea
then more tea
because repairmen have hollow legs
they need to fill
like a battery
— from The Old Woman’s Weather
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