Holes
On the fallen stone
the lead lettering of ‘died’
stands proud
the rest of the story
has dropped out
leaving only the peg holes of memory.
©Heather Bauchop
from Remembering a Place I’ve Never been: the past in three voices (Cold Hub Press, 2018)
Heather Bauchop was born in San Francisco to Scottish parents who migrated to New Zealand in 1972. She is a public historian living in Dunedin. Her poetry and fiction have appeared in a number of journals. She won Takahe‘s 2016 short story competition.
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