Oranges and Lemons

 
She sat beneath the orange tree  
watching in the shade  
on a dreamy afternoon,  
olive trees and rosemary  
wine glass spilling on the grass,  
drying in the sun.  
Oranges and lemons  
nursery-rhymes and childrens’ songs  
flying kites and skipping ropes  
hide-and-seek and tricycles,  
shouts and laughter in the pool  
cloudless blue and purple sea,  
white sails leaning in the breeze,  
on Saturday afternoon.