In the 1980s
I collected Brambly Hedge
Miniatures
And loved
The recipes
On the crockery

Laughing at the idea
Of blackberry sorbet
Elderflower wine sounded fine
But too old for me

I wanted to be a mouse
In a tree trunk house

I wondered about my adulthood
Would I forage?

But the nettles
I was entranced
How could they be edible?
They are weeds