just at dusk I draw them

to keep out falling night

I wanted maroon or grey

she usually won the fight

brown velvet inspired her

reminded her of school

she'd sat on it many times

it covered her class stool

portal of pleated shrouds

hanging before my gaze

mourns that freezing night

a phantom crimson haze

they ought to come down

the fabric frames h...

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I’d go for something by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass

to start with, as folk filtered in;

set some off sniggering.

Then Jammy Smears, in full.

Ivor would have loved that,

gleefully noting the increasing unease

that imbued the occasion;

sobriety lost to a rousing ensemble version

of Squeeze Bees.

For those wishing to observe traditional reverence,

Ne M...

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