mageecian bairn
apens a fan o deuks
at'r feet




magician child
opens a fan of ducks
at her feet

fou o tears

the ingan

an me

full of tears

the onion

and I

voar sinsheen

the maple's brainches skimmer  -

auld banes wairmin

spring sunshine

the maple's branches glitter  -

old bones warming

her peerie mappie

sclims the wa  -

babbie's fingers i the sin

her little rabbit

climbs the wall  -

baby's fingers in the sun

sin-worshippers'
weir-daunce
...midges




sun-worshippers'
war-dance
...midges

furrin lassie
her suddron puir...
lip-reengs,tung-studs




foreign girl
her english poor...
lip-rings,tongue-studs

throuch the kirkyaird's
wutherins
a reid spat o life...rab




through the churchyard's
witherings
a red spot of life...robin

fykie bairn
ye hae nivver seen
hungert een
or bouks licht as licht




fussy child
you've never seen
hungry eyes
or bodies light as light

the cailleach's
poke o crottles pluffs
intae a stramash o maws




the old lady's
bag of crumbs explodes
into a chaos of gulls