Going Electric

Waging war on methene and black carbon,
we went for a full electric, though tempted

by a hybrid with its suggestion of roses.
At first recharging felt like the plugging in

of a toothbrush or phone, but that soon passed,
along with a fear of sparking electrocution.

The old ways not missed, except perhaps,
at times, for the scallop topped pumps, fix

a sniff of petrol gives, the spilt rainbows
in forecourt puddles on days dull as asphalt.

Stephen Bone

 
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