She wrote me a  letter
trying to explain.
Winter is coming.
All the greys are here to stay.
Like a honey mustard vinaigrette
it thickly rains here

The cranes fly by,
as the lichen of years
withstands the wind.
There is silence
between the dead leafs.
The gentle coming down.
I belong here.

They tell you inflation
is good for your soul.
It sharpens thoughts on the larder,
avoiding the food bank

Blue and red walls shanter.
As the people aim for higher ideals.
A parliamentary debate
of the nation's stable
Hotel Rwanda remapped
Impertinent Channel 4 for sale?
Conversion therapy stalled!

The builders of the nation
lack impetus.
It's time to see the injured raise.
They say the meaning of success is to work harder,
for the same wage.
Its time to uncover the CONTRICKATIVES.
Business suits without a care

I count the stones on my burial mound
Pursing  my hushed lips
not to convey a sound,
cave in my ill-spent wishes.

Tardy in time
fly like the swallow.
Lord it feels
like I am walking in liquid lead

Tepid was the night
The dreams came back,
slanting fast from the ***** of the emergent sun to the black pool

Please walk slowly
some people don't like the rush
Sing with impertinence
Together convey convergence
Paint your faces
the color skywards

I have honored your time
Some people are marching
others shunter like the swallow
Some in silence
Routine is a whisper
Marigold in its splinter

It's the silken sound,
on the near-naked ground
like a long blade of grass.

It's in your first hope,
cherished and memorized.
the sudden gust of wind,
scented Sandals teasing the high ground

It's in your  turned pages,
that invites you
like a corral,
teasing the rendevous
climbing the waterfall.
Oh how we were once children

Abundant double-crested hollyhocks preside
White hebes, usually pink glance,
pruning rose hips from the vine
and prolonging their goodness.
Going to get a new fence
because of  Storm Eunice damage
Aching black roots of Elephant ears are cut down.
Green Sherwood paint for picket fence,
Take cuttings from lavatia
to flourish further anew

with love jaded,
bright young things should enjoin
the gossamer quilt of another day.
fortitude should follow,
daybreak may forbid you,
but you come hither
on a given day.