A witness
witless
shifty eyes
and shirtless

recognised anyone yet?

but
not because I spotted him
or took a shot at him
that's just fake news.

******* emanates
from every
radio wave that permeates
the morning air

so glad I'm here
and not there
wherever there may be.

Still the witness
sat in the Oval
looking Gormless,
what
states we get into.

On the Island of Yesterday
not yet grey or foreboding.

Therapy.
some need it
like me

you
never did.

you hid behind
the mask of eyes
that stared

I never dared to

and what did it do
but make me the poorer,
dissecting
the thoughts of each day
each getting in the way
of
more thoughts to
dissect,

and cut away
to a Summer
when I was younger
and strong

now I struggle to
get along
still with the thoughts
that appear and dissolve.

I am a world that revolves
around a colder sun.

Before we began
even before the birds sang
and when Dinosaurs were in
at the birth
the Earth was a violent place.

so
not much change then.

Yeah
it goes the way of Saturday, and some say Saturday will take us all away, but I put that down to the mushrooms they eat.
I woke up ready to go back to sleep, thought I might keep this day for another day, but you and I know things don't work that way.

Easy come and don't you know
it's never easier to pack up and go
we all want a minute more.

Well,
I've come to terms with coming to terms,
terms and conditions apply.

Please wait in line,
the firing squad is experiencing delays

and we'd all like to delay
but the inevitable is generally the rule.

Making breakfast
enough to last
until supper,

not the last supper, I pray,
that's already been done to death.

Mesmorised
then demoralised
when
She closes her eyes.

The weekend arrives
but not for me,
I'm working, see,
but I can't see why,

it's never the other guy
who draws the short straw
it's always me
and I can't see why.

She says
stop whining
the sun's shining
Summer is almost here

aha
She's opened her eyes and
now I can see her,

Finally.
I cry into the coffee cup
the coffee's gone
I drunk it up
and so
to drink the milk of
human kindness
is a kindness in itself.

You are special
and that's official.

before five-thirty
finding a shirt he
dresses up well

and it's Thursday
a good hair day
something he'll say
when he's bored.

Summer feels colder
older than it was when
I was a lad.

and he's waiting
for the turning
which he knows
will take him home.