aw alang the causey

sensor lichts cum on  -

bawdrons' midnicht dander

all along the street

sensor lights come on  -

cat's midnight walk

the bodach

stoiterin nou

thankrife fir a broun haun

the old man

staggering now

grateful for a brown hand

fooneral Mass

a babbie groozles  -

baith ens o the meesterie

funeral Mass

a baby gurgles  -

both ends of the mytery

yon tyme agane -

wirms streekin

pizzel-pink

that time again  -

worms stretching

penis-pink

fund:

a bruckle scrieve

frae a bruckle laddie

found:

a fragile letter

from a fragile boy

sparks on a brainch

rowe an dunt

...newton's beddie

raindrops on a branch

roll and bump

...newton's cradle

Mardi Gras glamour  -

bairns tap-daunce:

bottle-taps stellt tae thair shuin

Mardi Gras magic  -

children tap-dance:

bottle-tops fixed to their shoes

a bleckie hunkers

fusslin

on the sinny side o the tree

a blackbird sits

whistling

on the sunny side of the tree

i the deid buddhist's

gairden

new buds 

in the dead buddhist's 

garden

new buds

i the auld neibourheid

awbodie gane  -

a lane maw's oorie skirl

in the old neighbourhood

everybody gone  -

a lone gull's eerie cry

meditation oor  -

a bleck bawdrons

corses the snaw

meditation hour  -

a black cat

crosses the snow

weet mornin  --

daffins

nid noddin as a gae bye

wet morning  -

daffodils

nodding as i pass