apposites attract

 apposites attract

my cat is called sunbeam

she calls me food

we get along just fine

in the mirror of days

we answer to cuddles 

vigil’s end

 vigil’s end

hand held hand and yet you slipped  away

without a barbed tug on the stocking of longing

time stood still said time and again it stood

unable to move in case you came back for

something forgotten    like goodbye

here take my goodbye for i don’t need it now

it is too dry for anything other than to be put aside

here on the table with your …

but i guess you won’t need them either

now what

leaves for souvenirs

 leaves for souvenirs 

these leaves 

were the leaves

that left the trees 

that at one time

carried all the leaves 

that left the trees 

and what was left

but a tree blowing

above its leaves 

let’s leave it there

for it to must

as must it must

the red wine of autumn

soon

the white wine of spring

we fall bemused

by the sun’s short days

the moon’s blue tears

bequeathed to us

down all the years

all of these leaves

these trees souvenirs

the hunt is on ~ for a cure

the hunt is on ~ for a cure

the retired fireman 

at the beach

flopped a bit 

but that was him

slurred a bit 

but that was him

huntington’s he said

… chorea i said

yes  yes  he said

now he’s dead 

to late

 too late 

suddenly 

a dead blackbird

her feet up and rain soaked

on the garden table next to the lobelia

which is also soaked 

autumn leaves continue to fall 

neither will see christmas 

suddenly this ray of sunshine

seems incongruous 

so late in the day

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the indoctrination of a nation

 the indoctrination of a nation 

the duchess of montrose 

so was named the engine 

of a secondhand train set 

for a poor child’s christmas 

they're changing guard at buckingham palace

christopher robin went down with alice

that’s when the indoctrination started

in the nursery

the king was in his counting house

there is a king

get it   get it

recite it after me

pauper