the auld gairdner

fouin's watter butt

tears o Gaza on's mynd

the old gardener

filling his water butt

tears of Gaza on his mind

kintra shunkie  -

mochs roond

granny's fite heid 

country toilet  -

moths round

grandmother's white head

anither heatwave  -

e'en the bummers

are hidin

another heatwave  -

even the bees

are hiding

abuin the crematorium

reek tremmles,  

syne dwines intae the licht

above the crematorium

smoke trembles,

then fades into the light

amang the altar flooers

a bummer

huntin nectar

amongst the altar flowers

a bee

seeking nectar

i the tuim herth

a vause o reid roses

bleezin

in the empty hearth

a vase of red roses

blazing

 aw day feidin

as brithers an sisterss dae  -

it nicht she caums's dreid

all day feuding

as brothers and sisters do  -

at night she calms his fears

heatwave  -

on the steekit hingers

the maple's sheddae show

heatwave  -

on the closed curtains

the maple's shadow show