POETRY IN MOTION
CHILDLESS COUPLE
CHILDLESS COUPLE
In the evening of their lives
They sit with just each other
Derby and Joan all alone.
Not a father, not a mother.
They think of the joys of family life
How it might have been
Christmas, birthdays, holidays
With offspring on the scene.
She makes a bed-time cup of tea
And wears a practiced grin.
He puts the photos of their kids
Back in the biscuit tin.
In the evening of their lives
They sit with just each other
Derby and Joan all alone.
Not a father, not a mother.
They think of the joys of family life
How it might have been
Christmas, birthdays, holidays
With offspring on the scene.
She makes a bed-time cup of tea
And wears a practiced grin.
He puts the photos of their kids
Back in the biscuit tin.
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CHILDLESS COUPLE
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