Summer is fading:
The leaves fall in ones and twos
From trees bordering
The new recreation ground.
In the hollows of afternoons
Young mothers assemble
At swing and sandpit
Setting free their children.
Behind them, at intervals,
Stand husbands in skilled trades,
The sibilant  alliterative  ’s’s and the rhythmic balance of this line emphasise the idea of regimentation.
Afternoons