Thinking Back on Polly
Polly left school at
fifteen,
even before she
had time
to take her exams ..
It seems
asthma got to her
on the way home,
on the top
deck of an old red
school bus ..
They say, she died
alone up there ..
But how
on earth, was that
even possible ..
After all, it was a
school bus
for Christ’s sake ..
No one even knew
she had
fucking asthma,
or how bad it was ..
And I sometimes
imagine if she had
not left us
early like that, then
we might have
got it together again
and maybe, one day
even have fallen in love ..