Holding On

It is light

Time is here

For the all of time

It is day

It is autumn

Sunlight is here

Sunlight all through autumn

Flowers sway

Branches too

It is morning

Morning for the all of the day

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Alleviation

The last thread

The final length

Of cotton

From the bog

Into the unknowing

All apparently known

By those who know

Or thought they did

Passing around

Pebbles

And mortar boards

In a minimalist way

Pushing out

Into the morning mist

On a rowing boat

Of your own making

Settling for

A stillness not yet found

Nor likely to be found

Among the forgetful chaos

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To Be Sure

Everything

Needing to be done

Two times

Say it again

Say it more slowly

Become present with the presence

Lock age door

Turn off the electricity

Put the key in the bowl

Do them all again

But this time

In the right order

And write

Every day

Do not lose your motor-mechanisms

Every day mind you

With the date

So you will know

You will know for certain

The very date

That this thing happened

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Placement

One

Hugely reflective

Place to sit

With autumn’s sun

Shining

Through the blue blue sky

One

Seriously peaceful

Time to be

In retirement

Now close to its sixth year

If discernment takes me anywhere

One

Not to be forgotten

Series of moments

A whole lifetime of memories

Available for the panorama

To be played on a slow-motion setting

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Edging the bets

Time wasted, or was it

On the internet

Watching videos

And discovering promotions

To extract the pound

From my pocket

Before that Liz Truss

Renders it completely worthless

In which case

It will be the alms houses

Or the caravan

Or the longboat on the water

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