the idea left us dancing

use what is already there            make do and mend

linen threads hang heavy            needles preserved

small holes ready

shall we mend the rags or pin them onto wool?





i  read Glyn Hughes                                       some times

sometimes

i look at the photograph                      and wonder how it was that last year

think of how you wrote to me         sent me your book with your signature



i  feel care and gentleness

some people do not ask us of our early years in my experience though the past

is never

so far away



yes

i wish I can tell it in a more orderly manner each episode in a box to lock away



we move forward sometimes looking back



did i write of them yesterday                boxes?

things are different today



these are the old ones shabby                                          kept a while for usefulness

now used for slight installation

an ongoing gift



one holds a book of time

one has many things