why would you do that?    she said to me

when i volunteered to help in the orchard

you could be working your      own garden



later that day while helping,

learning he gave

me the rest of the  seeds



now there is honesty popping up everywhere



about time……



monday

(april 2020)


.day 24.

there has been a threat
with keeping us from

outdoor exercise
for us
to stay in our homes
and
gardens if folk do not comply
and continue to race about
on motor bikes and have barbecues
here

my initial reaction is dismay
yet if it keeps the thing at bay
will obey
and maybe do what others done
within my space

did you read the man who scaled
the size of everest on his stairs up
and down did not count

the lady ran a marathon in the garden

yesterday i find that banana split toffee
is still for sale
so it may be a treat from the internet

here

things change, only official transport is available
until things change then
it is best to drive yourself

it is an essential trip

the hedge is cut as much as i am able
next will be the ivy for i like to see the
best
of the corrugated iron shed

on a monday

i have pondered, then discussed

with a professional

how we will be let out

eventually



will it be by age

or alphabetical order?



best not be by height

for i will be the last

if it goes from big

to small



he says that those who disobeyed

got out & got it, will be first

with

immunity

with two ems



plus a cerificate to prove it

while those that obey and

did not get it

get

longer indoors



i understand from the news

that it is still being discussed



corona

(april 2020)

the wild cat is slightly fat

yet his hips remain slim



snake like



snakes figure a bit here since

i saw that one in the

famous old painting with a egg

in its mouth



i think that was the last time

i went out

(april 2020)

..day 23..
the radio says it is palm sunday

i remember that story and i also
remember palm toffee
so vividly

now there is a word

i liked the banana split bar

@ 3d

my pocket money on wednesday
i guess that is when mum got her
allowance

national assistance

we use to hit it with mum’s hammer
to break it, then **** it soft. i still

have that hammer in the third drawer
down

it is a real panic if i cannot find it there

it is named
mummy’s hammer

of course

of course the numbers are now greater
each morning. they say they will lessen
at some point

she asked if i will sell my drawings after
i said that i do not know

i just does them
fixes them & puts
them in that box

i wonder if you can still buy that toffee

i will go google

sweet pinky morning in the valley

(april 2020)

..day 22..

sometimes like this morning

i findy rusty stuff down the

end



i pick it up, line it up in the

shed or elsewhere



i like to think of the work

of the ingenuity of the

maker



those that are gone

and maybe i have a

photograph



him by the woodshed

her in the drive



given things



i looked for the geese

maybe they were earlier

today



maybe they will find a cure

or something to stop  it



it is not a living thing

just an entity

they say

i say james



i found what to do

with all the stuff

i made it a box



only lorries on the road now

we like the little foxes

their pointy noses…… we look at the newborn lambs see the market lorries and wonder…..