bought her tea set gently in parts
each week from woolworths and i still have
some of it

darker.

especially the mornings,
i need not tell you really,
you must know.

ok if there is no rush to go,
easy, cosy up and write.

i like flags that are decorative
or bunting that represents a

happy time

i dislike borders
representations of separation

i like flags that are decorative
or bunting that represents a

happy time

i dislike borders
representations of separation

don’t use a teapot

but evidently many do,

and cosy up together.

they don’t squish teabags, have leaves,

and stewing on the gas ring,

like mother, reducing it to

poison on my tongue.

i like the leaves to look at,

smell, like the small packet

we used to have, paper lined

in those days.

listen to the server, who

clasping the teapot,

tells us revelations

of those who live, who divorce

and warm the ***.

stood steady in wonder

watched the dark bleed

across the sky

watch birds scatter