River rust drifts around the bend and beyond the bridge, London bound.
Harry shuffles to and fro - they say he’s on the mend.
He's found a red cap and sends it heavenward - like a bird in flight, a bird of paradise.
An angel descends and curves a smiley face into the sand and clasps his hand,
offers him laces for his shoes, gifts him a coin, calls him friend.
Harry meanders slowly around the bend, beyond the broken bridge, to the river's end. |