gifs can be an issue

when i contentrate

on work.



memes are impossible

to pronounce.



denounce the pass it forward,

copy and paste. why write verse

when



you can talk to me.



sbm.

untidy, never used as such.

have a bread oven         too,

redundant

now we have the            new

world.



a mix of excitement and haste

we tied the books, and hid them

there.



with the dusty            cruciform



and one candle.



one rag left hanging…



sbm

while i was gardening this morning,

the voice in my head said ‘ten years

ago, you had just died’.



the other voice replied,

‘ and you are still alive..’



sbm.

listed, not       short

listed, nor win prizes.



not often    published,

i do not submit.   not

until the    resolution,



a few days .



calendar days, some

remember.



the process has importance.

move the dots.



sbm.

i have cleaned the corner where you sat,

changed the cotton mats, removed some labels.

1.

.first memorial.



it is a ritual each year. yet i have mislaid  the black



beetle

with all the dusting.

2.

.second memorial..



it was some time ago we lost.



the sexton.



orange and black.



sbm.

get a cold, lose your appetite for cream. live on marmalade

with toast. the cat gets the cream till full, resplendent on the

radiator. the cream goes solid, the need to recycle comes clear.



yet



all we can do for the best is throw it down the toilet.



sbm.

first seen in ellesmere with period characters we felt may be best removed.



lucky to have one on my birthday with lights from a battery quite reasonably

priced.



visiting town and gallery see them there are quite a lot. more money as craft.



seems little houses are fashionable now.



as are pugs.



sbm.