they say a pet monkey got lost there


you can google most everything these

days

even susan dennett


raining here, i heard it in the night

cosy

now is darker

cosy


we were forewarned so we sould have

got ready

i did mostly

yet forgot some things


can’t remember everything


we write lists and notes in ciphers

then wonders about the meaning later

my mother had abbreviations on her

shopping lists back then

i can see them in my head

her writing

the size of paper


we ate pots

chump chops

drank tea

never coffee


that came later a new fangled thing

granny had camp which only meant

tents or drinks then

in remembrance will refer to the other

shortnesses later


i shall walk in the rain next

note the differences

anyway it were a lovely day yesterday

and not just the weather james


some folks want me to get usual

yet their guidelines are different to mine

and i am very settled

i am older now

one more time