When that icy wind comes cackling through the hedgerows, everyone knows to put on woollen socks to keep their toes warm.
I wear a nightcap
I also drink one,
pyjamas have padded shoulders
for the older ones and ones like me
who like to pretend that it's still
nineteen-eighty.
But the ice thaws
the wind drops
I pop off
( not as in pop off, fall down dead)
but
to the bathroom.
She said,
are you still awake?
I think that's a trick
question.