the simile of your smile

 the simile of your smile

international politics

the leaders stand side by side

and smile for the camera

take the shot

for they will not be shot

you will

smile

take a selfie for now for later

it could be your death mask 

jostle the shuffle

of the leaders board

countries where truth is boarded up

smile 

the extra mile

take an inch 

  phew it’s hot today

  there’s a bee in a spider’s web

  making a hell of a fuss

penile servitude

as the leaders turn to go inside

you turn away

frown

it’s all getting you down

take a photo i was there

when the chips were down

when the plans were made

when our leaders smiled

hide your smile

are you mad

madder than them

if you are not 

you may be next in line

when the axiom falls

don’t say i didn’t warn you

side by side now

shuffle up closer

smile

there ~ got the shot

it’s a good story

  it’s a good story

the man on the bench above the sea

telling me all about the short stories he’s about to publish 

soon

the word fell as a cold pebble

barely a ripple in an ocean of words

soon the echo came 

soon

i said i wished him luck

it’s a good story 

i let that lie there

but publishing is hard i remonstrated 

about the system 

he had more stories

of my eyes drifting out to sea

the surf pounding out the meter

you were saying

i was saying

it’s a good story

here’s a good doggerel

here’s a good doggerel 

this is the poem 

that smoothed the doggerel

that bit it

grrrr the word is

sit you bastard 

keep still

can’t you see

i am writing the word nit

you nit

bugger it

here’s some food

don’t read it all at once

good doggerel 

there’s a good boy

BANG! 

drained

drained

all my good points

leached by the acid rain of time 

leaving a grovel of gravel

plaster of paris they were

fairground kitsch 

i wonder how they lasted so long

tide’s out

the mud purrps and hisses

cracks

step not there my boy

step not

tide’s out

there are shards of glass 

under the mud

silt off the river of time

below the wooden quay

where the worms are fingered

for blood’s regret

tide’s out

hollowed out

down to your toes

all hollows

the cinders are cold

the bed warmer is cold

a story told of disbelief

has more false channels 

than the nile delta

tide’s turning

time’s been wasted

it’s too late

you are all you have left

of what you never were

stand 

let the tide take you

it is time

it is time

 

a word if i may

 a word if i may

a vocabulary can capture the world

existence is one word

mathematics another

infinity is a tricky one

give me time to think

to thumb my thesaurus

while i’m thinking 

why don’t you give me a word

i love new words

they make such good friends

i love you

said vocabulary 

infinitely 

plus one 

i added

Caitlyn B Young

 This is the Spotlight profile page for my granddaughter Caitlyn B Young who is an actor:

https://app.spotlight.com/8135-0165-2361

politics

 politics

crunch moment

they clash!

vote called

the

          ‘oh for god’s sake’ 

ave it

and we’ve had it

a show of hands please

carried