sweilin sweilin
til't jalouses the sooth  -
lane guis



circling circling
until it senses the south  -
lone goose

the blowster's won in:
a pickle notes i the lum
syne a hale rhythm section




the storm's arrived:
a few notes in the chimney
then the whole rhythm section

throuch a freesty scab
voar shuits
...mending




through a frosty scab
spring shoots
...healing

amang bleck brainches
a bleck burd
...wunter negative




among black branches
a black bird
...winter negative

the Yule-tree stern
bund in deidly threids
...attercap




the Christmas-tree star
bound in deadly threads
...spider

reengin the bath
fir yestreen's attercap
...he goves frae the ceilin




searching the bath
for yesterday's spider
...he watches from the ceiling

teuch tymes
teuch meisurs  -
reid lamplicht on'r herr




tough times
tough measures  -
red lamplight on her hair

faimily retour hame
tae fremmit lans
...a turn aff the Yule lichts




family return home
to foreign lands
...I turn off the Christmas lights

postie hame frae wark  -
ahint the door Yule cairds
...his seelent skirl




postman home from work  -
behind the door Christmas cards
...his silent scream

hert dept.  -
Yule tree lichts
...stoondin




cardiac dept  -
Christmas tree lights
...pulsing

raggity
election posters
...clutterin




tattered
election posters
...cluttering

wund
hysts an sattles
hysts an sattles the mornin




wind
lifts and settles
lifts and settles the morning

anither Yule tree  -
ilka thingum a myndin
...rosit clagginess




another Christmas tree  -
each bauble a memory
...resin stickiness

trains airtin northart
echa i the airch
he dovers unner




trains heading north
echo in the arch
he sleeps under

sea souch  -
sclimin the reegin
o a heich-strung net...wabster




sea breeze  -
climbing the rigging
of a high-strung net...spider

carnival nicht
airms fou o teddy-bears  -
sniper hame on leave




carnival night
arms full of teddy-bears  -
sniper home on leave

doverin  -
her cadgin cup
hauden oot in a jeelt haun




asleep  -
her begging cup
held out in a frozen hand

craw
reenges a crisp poke
...hern's sneist




crow
searches a crisp packet
 ...heron's disdain

up an doon
the wab threid
the sin's finger pizzicatos




up and down
the web's thread
the sun's finger pizzicatos

on the platform
eildit trainspotters
...stame poorin frae thayr mous



on the platform
aged trainspotters
...steam pouring from their mouths