piazza barbecue  -

bairns' gutties brundin

...glentin sterns

piazza barbecue  -

childrens' trainers sparking

...twinkling stars

throuch the labyrinthine 

weys o ma mynd  -

butterie

through the labyrinthine

ways of my mind  -

butterfly

 recital  - she flotters in,

he pechs an humphs her herp

...roadie angel

recital  -  she floats in,

he pants an luggs the harp

...roadie angel

granfaither stotters

towarts his granbairn  -

whae stotters towarts him

granfather staggers

towards his grandchild  -

who staggers towards him

cherity poke brust apen  -

ghaistly sarks

hing frae brainches

charity bag burst open  -

ghostly shirts

hang from branches

agin a derk lift

a flocht o maws

...suddent lichtnin

against a dark sky

a flock of gulls

...sudden  lightning

the hippy lassie

an the rodden tree

weirin bricht reid beads

the hippy girl

and the rowan tree

wearing bright red beads

the butterie

stotters alang the peth  -

is he auld an aw?

the butterfly

staggers along the path  -

is he old also?

it the fush-cadger's van

neebours blether  -

fush'r apen-mou'd

at the fishman's van

neighbours gossip  -

fish are open-mouthed

sootherin  -

inby an umberellae

hearkenin tae the weet

comforting  -

inside an umbrella

listening to the rain