begowkin the gairdner
binwood tooters
agane
outwitting the gardener
bindweed trumpets
again
a pish-the-bed seed
daunces by -
a buttery jynes the jig
a dandelion seed
dances past -
a butterfly joins the jig
new monastery -
the janglin
o hemmers an clourers
the ringing
of hammers and chisels
ootside shunkie -
he croons
a warnishin sang
outside toilet -
he sings
a warning song
on the gairden knock
a buttery ristin -
peerie gnomon
on the garden clock
a butterfly resting -
little gnomon
the autistic laddie
on's scooter
racin's sheddae
the autistic boy
on his scooter
racing his shadow
doverin on a bink -
the sin pous a sheddae
ower'm
asleep on a bench -
the sun pulls a shadow
over him
(the homeless Christ: sculpture by Timothy Schmalz)
efter the drouth
'Busy Lizzies'
smirkin agane
after the drought
smiling again
twa eildit freens tryst --
thair braithless
crack
two aged friends meet -
their breathless
conversation