pandemic -
a tuim cheer
in monie a hame
an empty chair
in many a home
frae the fitbaw perk
the ref's fussle -
a bleckie repones
from the football park
the ref's whistle -
a blackbird answers
killer i the sinsheen:
bawdrons kids on sloom
aneath the speuggies
killer in the sunshine:
cat feigns sleep
beneath the sparrows
efter Mass
refleckin on the tuim tassie
...fou o sinsheen
after Mass
reflecting on the empty cup
...full of sunshine
on the plainstanes
speuggies hop amang the brainches
in a sheddae warl
on the pavement
sparrows hop among the branches
in a shadow world
Guid friday -
Reid Rab roon ma feet
its bluid-reid breist
Good friday -
a robin round my feet
its blood -red breast
suddentlie
the AH!! mament -
gean flourish
suddenly
the AH!! moment -
cherry blossom
his jab date:
Guid Friday
...the bouk thirlt
his vaccination date:
Good Friday
...the body pierced