david.



you wanted things to be correct,

as you remember.



they read books, redefined the moments and fabric.



you spend your day describing   as it was.



I noticed that some avoided you,

I wished  to listen for a while.



master of the hunt.



sbm.

stand back to spite the craving,

look on as from afar.



people, some write hymns & mantra

others watch tv, not the news.



oh no not the news, the truth is too

depressing, a bit near the mark.



good to live gentle, bites of  reality

to flavour your safeness



with gratitude. the bakers has

closed as has the dress shop.



a side table will be convenient.



while children are in hell , Aleppo.





sbm.

did you not know the house is tidy,

when you criticise the hedges?. did



you not know my garden is neater

than yours?.



now.



you came from the north adding racial

remarks.



yet act the same here

as that which you say they do.



it is such a


conundrum
kəˈnʌndrəm/
noun
it is kind of you to help,
to feed the cat.
am i the only remain
this side of the village?
sbm.

so we chat and laugh, listen to the radio.



a british voice,  mainly black and white.



we swapped jokes, and wondered if they

laughed

at  ******.



at one point .



give pots, pans to make air planes.



we still have our railings. do not

believe everything.



this also may not be funny.

(sniffs)



sbm.

watched the debate right through

on catch up.



meanwhile you phoned & messaged

me nicely.



placed on pause a while, while i answered.



i noticed that one said

nothing in particular, while the other

spoke words some may understand.



as do you.

there were adverts, so i sent you photographs.



no one mentioned  aleppo



sbm.

so much to talk about. the news is all

debate this morning.



yet.



those words will not help folk in aleppo.



you who watched live, was it even



mentioned?



aleppo blasted.  ****** ******.



sbm.

school parties, crocodile rows.



she said there was an accident

waiting to happen on the stairs,



while others marched shouting,

little roman soldiers.



i hid in the auditorium and

checked the spelling.



seems that romans could

operate on people’s heads.



boring holes.



sbm.