Mortality

Rememberance - one year, two months, twenty three days on

Remember Your Vitals

In times of illness
my mind gets stuck



and i feel a heightend
sensitivity



that renders me skinless



i can no longer face what
is in front of me



and though my head is full
with one giant worm
i am fortunate



i still have all my teeth

(for Ed)

birdlands

P O R T O B E L L O


Whilst on a meander

down the seaside,

a boy with no home suddenly asked,

'where dae' birds go tae die?'

All at once I was gladdened

by this ramstougar lad,

scant in every way

but for his heart.

Then, with swollen salty chafts

and crafty charcoal eyes, he

looked up tae the sky

then said,

why dae we no' see birds
fall from the sky when they die?

Puzzles From Wonderland

All too soon will Childhood gay
Realise Life's sober sadness

(Dead beat but getting better
with each and every
passing day.)





Three sisters at breakfast were feeding the cat,
The first gave it sole - Puss was grateful for that:
The next gave it salmon - which Puss thought a treat:
The third gave it herring - which Puss wouldn't eat.

(Explain the conduct of the cat.)
( Lewis Carrol)