Popular

8 May 2009


Am I more popular, now that I’m lame?
The people I have met a month ago,
A year ago, (and to my shame I must
Admit that I’d forgotten them completely,)
Will hail me in the street: “How are you, John?”
And smile at me, a cherished dear, dear friend.

The Chair

An office chair on wheels, when used as a support, can prove treacherous.....
and it might get confiscated
but we are dealing with an adult...

Dear Pam,

1) I am a sinner.

2) I hang my head in shame, but I love ...

3) my old chair, and I retrieved it from the storeroom at the end of the passage, and now I am sitting on it, and feel most comfortable, and can reach everything around me by pushing with my feet, and …

4) I solemnly promise not to use it as a support when I stand, and …

5) I know we will have a spirited discussion.

The Grave

My stepson has complained to me

That death, and nothing but this theme

Is the recurring one in all

My verses.

I do agree.

Firstly it is a legally prescribed

Condition that entry in this home

Depends upon the applicant to have agreed

Upon the service, grave site and so on.

That shall apply

In case of need.

Not only did I cheerfully comply

But also (and this is the second reason)

I do not fear my death, because I will

See her again, kiss her again, for ever

And ever more.