a bird in the tree

not unusual you say

but it soon will be 

 the soldier retired

then he got old and died

the war continued

 how long is a nap on a rainy afternoon 

 peering 

through the rain window

on a bleary day

 a one word poem …..

so?

 on the esplanade 

all of the summer flowers

are going over

 mid october 

on every bench a leaf

sleeping rough

the news reporter

has been on annual leave

that’s his story

 the was something pale

about the pale green car

in the pale snowfall 

 there was something

about the green car

in the snowfall

 there’s a hurricane

far away across the sea

afternoon nap

 there’s a fly

on the cut glass

two