The Young Rocket Scientists

The day fell short
'Have a good one, lads'
with our beers
and Benny Hedgehogs
carrier bags
down paper-round streets
iron railway bridge
to the park

Three in a row
heads back, biding time,
with our cans
swinging in the park.

© Benedict Newbery 2009. All rights reserved.
(This poem was published in Borderlines issue 46)