The children watch cartoons in vivid colour
but only understand in black and white.
Not so common - illusions like these
where the lake water seems to dip down to the trees.
The backwards baseball cap makes you no fool
but doesn't keep your sweaty forehead cool.
She's at school now so knows not everything's fun
and sometimes there's chores that just have to be done.
The crashing waves on the speedboat's hull
pounded a hip hop rhythm (just as dull).
" . . . would the Lord the giftie gie us
to see ourselves as others see us" R. Burns
He did. On social media.
If you can't do it, you just can't do it.
That's really all there is to it.
PANAMA via Sally
A remarkable feat of organisation
amply deserving congratulation.
PANAMA
So many hill peaks drenched in vegetation,
layered with trees and littered with life.
So many boozy drinks are sour
and the supping of them darkly dour
I prefer to remember my strawberry cider
and the tongue rolling taste of Tia Maria.
AFFAIR
See, talk, touch, kiss, hold, feel, penetrate.
There's no need to feel depressed;
there can be rainbows in the depths.
MARRIAGE
The nights of masturbation are past
but those of fantasy are not outcast.
