Kindness
four ripe white peaches
bite sized squares of homemade date slice
a bowl of pick-your-own strawberries
sunflowers, white roses, freesias
a book of short stories
pale purple phlox that perfume my room
a get well soon balloon
hedgerow blackberries
offers of shopping
By Marilyn Hammick
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