watterside poorhoose  -

they gove it thirsels

ablow the watter

riverside hostel  -

they gaze at themselves

below the water

 daw sinblink

chirtin watter

frae the freestit leaves

dawn sunbeam

squeezing water

from the frosted leaves

 furst the ambulance

wins in  -  syne bawdrons

his bell tinglin

first the ambulance

arrives  -  then cat

his bell tinkling

 the bairns hairst

the maumie aipples

...thayr hattert nebs

the children harvest

the ripe apples

...their flustered faces.

 i the perk

craws tissle ower a berry

tentless o the ref's whustle 

in the park

crows tussle over a berry

heedless of the ref's whistle

virus apairtness  -
new peths
throuch the wuids



social distancing  -

new paths
through the woods

the fush-cadger's
honkin tooter  -
bawdrons raxes up



the fish-seller's
honking horn  -
cat rises and stretches