auld hern gane  -
anely's keech
on the watterside bowder




old heron gone  -
only his droppings
on the riverside boulder

thunner-plump  -
auld cundie gluggin
...soond o droonin




thunderstorm  -
old drain gurgling
...sound of drowing

a daith ilka meenit -
crans
skiff the burn




a death every minute  -
swifts
skim the stream

a skelloch
i the nicht  -
a gnap oot o the muin




a scream
in the night  -
a bite out of the moon

on the waashin-line
his superman outfit
...mither kens best




on the washing-line
his superman suit
...mother knows best

wi yin inbraith
hern concertinas
frae dowdie tae eligant




with one inbreath
heron  concertinas
from ragged to elegant

droont skwurrel 
it's dreepin tail
aw equal-aqual waasht oot




drowned squirrel 
it's dripping tail
all balance washed out

efter the fluid
the deuk
hunts fir'ts bairns




after the flood
the duck
searches for its young ones