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AFTER THE CLOCKS GO BACK

I make sense of the rubbish

quite at home at the end of my garden

screened off with all the functionality

of a French pissoir. 

The incinerator proud with rust

wheezes in its own smoke,

leaves have come to terms with their maker. 

 

Though the air festers in imminent rain

indoors traps me - 

now the shed hunches with its good nature,

comfortable in the dampness of Autumn. 

The mouldering compost heap under warm long discarded carpeting

whispers of conversion. 

 

A laurel bush nearby seems offended,

a ladylike presence spurned,

I put a strap to it for support last year,

what more could I do?

This corner is for guilt and redemption,

like a sort of crematorium in the fullness of sad time. 

 

No regrets though as the spirals take to the air

surrendering,

wood converts to carbon

settling back with a black grin. 

It cheers me up, as once more I learn

the benefits of patience after the clocks go back. 

◄ HYPOCHONDRIAC

CANINE CAPERS ►

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raypool

Sat 14th Nov 2020 12:33

Many thanks for liking this Stephen and Stephen.

Well i'm so glad you liked this Graham. To be honest, I wrote it in situ as it were on my phone notebook, then edited it quite a lot. It's a bit like reducing a sauce or stirring something until you're happy! Initially I though aye aye another Autumn poem, but I was pleased with it too!

Thanks Paul; you have to try to make the best of nature's spoils, even if it's grotty - there's happiness everywhere . It's a primeval thing is fire...

Ray

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Graham Sherwood

Thu 12th Nov 2020 17:46

Oh man, what a lovely piece. Almost too much to comment on. I was gathering leaves up myself today and have some lines stuck in my head but this takes the biscuit. The pissoir, the shed, whispering compost, proud incinerator this is definitely one of your finest Ray. Bloody fine words!

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