as eyes seize it
no longer a prince
so his ultimate punishment
is being just like me
suddenly
the laughter of dry leaves
falling in love
setting out
with half a moon
for company
flickering candles
tell many shadowy tales
be quick now
summer’s straw
autumn’s ashes
spring’s bricks
passing
the funeral cortège
a delivery van
bone fox
in the cemetery of falling
the day leaves
leaves in the long wind
the quivering of your lips
oh mammy mammy
innumerable
the leaves and the lives
in this pagination
reading the news
as the dusk’s colours deepen
same old news
in the cemetery
leaves falling on toadstools
buried treasure
off sick from school
reading the Marie Celeste
mum mum