red wellies

this pair of red wellies

had a lifetime guarantee

but they outlived you

I am furious with them about it

lazy, still bright

they only had to keep

their promise for a couple of years

I keep looking at these

malevolent monsters of time

I can’t make sense of them

red wellies

aren’t sposed to be sad

I want to explain

about the thousands of thoughts

they have splashed in my throat