laid aff
he hunkers
happin a bottle o drames




redundant
he sits
nursing a bottle of dreams

efter the blowster
sparks dreepin reid
frae the aipples




after the storm
raindrops dripping red
from the apples

thunner
lichtnin  -
a bedraigilt bummer




thunder
lightning  -
a bedraggled bee

her fite communion dress
her gowden powny-tail
...a lit caunle




her white communion dress
her golden pony-tail
...a lit candle

auld hern gane  -
anely's keech
on the watterside bowder




old heron gone  -
only his droppings
on the riverside boulder

thunner-plump  -
auld cundie gluggin
...soond o droonin




thunderstorm  -
old drain gurgling
...sound of drowing

a daith ilka meenit -
crans
skiff the burn




a death every minute  -
swifts
skim the stream

a skelloch
i the nicht  -
a gnap oot o the muin




a scream
in the night  -
a bite out of the moon

on the waashin-line
his superman outfit
...mither kens best




on the washing-line
his superman suit
...mother knows best

wi yin inbraith
hern concertinas
frae dowdie tae eligant




with one inbreath
heron  concertinas
from ragged to elegant