initially it was said

that secondly should be

second and initially

should be first



i was confused that

nobody said third

and comforted

by the sound of fourth

memory of moth



there are six of us today and first i read first

and later

went fifth



later will be visited by moths in the window

on the thirteth november i may get the old

observers book of moths

i speak from experience

the garden is usual

yet the things i find

of a morning are not



i sits on the old table

see the door open

mostly the same time

each day



see the things put

down on the slate

in dishes or in tubs



i see vegetables

so i eat

them

i see pasta and i eat it



yoghurt is a must to

dip into to share with

slugs

who bloat in the thick of it



lucky i am if she puts out

cat food



then i lay and look through

the grass to the river



watch the flood rise and fall

while the sun warms



watch for the proper cat

who lives indoors, ragged

unlike me



and chase her up the boughs

of the tree



the oak tree

i am flattered that even in your tiredness
you write

to me i feel you are younger with your
words and bikes, the flowers

surely not as many years as i have
been here through good, some not

so

today is my easy one, just to go by bus
with friends added on the way to see
a film again

some chores are never done
ongoing and never a conclusion

you ask what i have been doing
varied things

you know i went to see my brother.
then the visit to chester? now you
know what i am doing today

while i know your project though
not sure what a pressure tank is
maybe to do with a furnace?

sounds powerful as i have no such
things only stoves and storage heaters

i was awake in the night while things
came backward

woke to make a clean bed for the laundry
man comes tomorrow
brings back friday

have a good day

little tiny fleas
may show love too
with biting….

often the cold weather comimg
kills them and hopefully all

though i do not wish creatures

to die and why the double space?

my family had cats until they had none
vowed to never have no more

it seems the other night a mewing came
at the back door. betty

all the tasks were done, looking for the owners
googling what to do , denying entry

then

they fed it, looked out for it, let it in
the kitchen only so far
cuddled it
named it betty

they said they did not want another cat
what about the birds
then they named it betty

black

odd that we enjoy the differing colours of creatures
yet some have an issue with that of fellow folk

6.44am strong winds
my cat out
hope that betty
does not blow away

left early yesterday to travel to chester
to prepare for winter

to see the mosaic again
to remind myself

that most have survived

i sat by the river saw the man
feeding birds to entertain
himself, his small son

they came after for my ice cream
cone crumbs

in rain i walked the cobbles
to the old toy shop, closed

peered through the windows

yes it is a good series, yet some refuse
to watch the unreality of it all

i go again next week
the three to see the spaceman

i write about the



slight bump



because i cannot write about the past

the one i never had





a little knock is nothing

a reminder to take more care

to look out for others



i apologise for intruding into your space or did you come into mine?



is there damage. will it remove with spit and a wipe

of your sleeve?



i am so sorry



i do not remember that time

yet



i will remember your details

to make reparation

or shall we just spit on it and wipe



shake hands?



i am so sorry



perhaps we can meet again some



other time

without collision

over a coffee?



later we talked it over on the bus

which came to a skid suddenly

i imagined it was a cat crossing



we are given the theme initially

then things change

incredibly

the movie, the film
was visually very pleasing

enjoyed the fabrics and overtones

undertones sent my mind

why the heirarchy, the differences
the unfareness of it all

she said she liked to see the men
dancing as did i, yet not the kissing

i felt it good to see him happy

the raid is a disgrace to our history

she also said it is all romanticised
not like in reality and there i agree
entirely

things move on and of course
the film is just a story for our
enjoyment

and

gave me thoughts of the past
and how things are now

the reality

i hope to see the space film
i like things like that too

there was a police chase after the bus
i was on and a person arrested

i was awhile at the police station
making a statement
getting the words write

without my birth date, gender and ethnicity

i hope things change so that kissing
is fine and dandy
to everyone