kneelin it the altar rail

...gorblins

streenin tae be meetit

kneeling at the altar rail

...nestlings

straining to be fed

 the windae cleaner's

left wattergaws hingin

awwhaur

the window cleaner

has left rainbows hanging

everywhere

sumhin sheens 

unner the ice  -

craw's pickaix neb navvyin

something shines

under the ice  -

crow's pickaxe beak navvying

 It the schuil yetts

the bodach draps a tear

fir the days o mak-on

at the school gates

the old man sheds a tear

for the days of make-believe

coorse wedder  -

days o lowpin lowes

an lood snocherin

rough weather  -

days of leaping flames

and loud snoring

i the gairden's derk neuk

licht gaithers

...snawdraps

in the garden's dark corner

light gathers

...snowdrops

aw edges

an splairges o pent  -

efter the clippin

all edges

and splashes of paint  -

after the shearing

the auld pub

dung doun  -

they staun thair, mous fou o stoor

the old pub

demolished  -

they stand there, mouths full of dust