Anna Couani #152 red rat nostalgia (nod to RV)

in childhood

when most things seemed

inexplicable

the suez crisis loomed

and there was talk of war

again

and how we might have to move

to Canada

feeling so much under threat

being Communists

with others seeing Commo’s as a threat

with the raiding of the party offices

the referendum

the petrov affair

strange people turning up

asking questions

red rat letters

I realise now

was some basis

for paranoia