Q & A

Reasonably tall, slim bodied, firm muscled,

weekend discos, usual place.

Who could possibly think that I'm old?

All those that see my face !

So you want cliches !

Saturday mourning writer's block

hoping the tutor might unlock

th latent talent squaring the circle

frantically active more than it looks -

a baker's dozen cooking the books.

(New Writing South, Crawley Library, 3/9/23)

Holes in my spinach

(on allotment not plate).

Maybe pigeons or bugs?

Reluctantly I used some bait -

one hundred nineteen dead slugs.