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Wednesday, 2 August 2023

Thoughtfully experienced

I thought to go to Ely

To the stained glass museum

Instead, I stayed in Revesby

To smell the jet aircraft’s perfume

Also to watch the pilots

Coerce the birds from the sky



Tuesday, 1 August 2023

Mid-day bar

Flash cars speeding by

Jet aircraft in the sky

If I had a cigarette

Now would be the perfect time


But I don’t

And I haven’t for seventeen years

Although it seems, or appears

To be considerably longer


Instead it is a bar of chocolate

With my diet Coke

And an Americano coffee

With these words that I write



Monday, 31 July 2023

Boundaries

Part of his soul

Will always stay

With the cricket club


Yet my soul

Is not yet fully infused here

With the sound of bat on ball


Of course there was a time

In another place

Of a Saturday afternoon


And maybe, just maybe

I might relive

That most splendid experience


A ball leveraged through mid-off

Onto the seated terrace

Or clouted, over mid-on, into the river


But here the boundaries are land

Land and more land

To all four corners



Sunday, 30 July 2023

Month

It feels cold outside

I will wait for the sun

To warm things up


Yes, when the blue sky

Replaces the grey


Then I will venture out

Even if springtime

Is not yet fully with us



Saturday, 29 July 2023

Migraine

I was distracted

Distraction for myself

First with Gratefulness

Then with the journal


I was confused

Confusion for myself

First with the news

Then with doubts about capitalism