Out Late
by Angela Terry, Tanya McDonald, and
Michael Dylan Welch
First published in Hedgerow #129, Autumn 2019, page 20. Originally
written in July of 2019 on the road from Burlington to Lake Forest Park,
Washington.
free entrance
to Westminster Abbey
candles lit for evensong Angela
black swan in the Serpentine
at twilight Tanya
a long queue
for the last ride
London Eye Michael
the West End crowds
migrate to the pubs Angela
heat wave
the moon slips
behind Big Ben Tanya
a light blinks out
in Buckingham Palace Michael
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