Take the packet firmly in the hand, Peer at instructions, move closer White on red, red on white, A blur….. (Oh Parklife!) Eyes peer harder….. Memory grasps A distant image of mother making jelly Move packet further away, twist in the light, Little clues appear from the smudge One hundred millimetres or millilitres, cubes, cut, stir Or was it cubes, cut, stare…. **** these eyes, Yesterday they worked fine, When did I wake up so old?