Day 253
So Christmas is effectively cancelled, oh dear, oh dear! Truly what did you expect? We are in the middle of a pandemic and it saddens me to say that had ALL of us behaved they way that we should perhaps we would be able to enjoy the festive season with some freedom. So make the best of it because you have no choice! We had better behave or 2021 will be a serious lockdown. It seems we have learnt nothing over this year and many just won’t, can’t, or don’t know how to behave to protect themselves but most importantly others. Wendy and I reflected yesterday that at some point we must have broken the Covid rules without realising it but we have done our best to protect ourselves and others. I am very sad for you if your loved ones and friends are not going to be seen this year and I understand that many will be even lonelier than usual but there are times when we have to do things for the greater good and this is one of those times! There are no bombs dropping on us or buildings collapsing, fires raging, our young are not being called up to fight!
I was complimented on my poem from yesterday’s blog so here are a few more.
40 years
I now pronounce you man & wife
For the rest of your life
Billions of men you chose me
You said yes
A man with unfettered ego
Indiscriminate temperamental
You so hushed still shy
Terraced door to street
Five cats covered your lap
Lives shared wallpaper stripped
Time raced ambition poured
Home grew so did your womb
Cats rabbit and now a boy
We loved we shouted we smiled
Work earning eroding my attendance
Bay window different pavement
Incubator but home another boy
Education for us school for them
Advice imparted sullenness started
Sickness overcome death averted
You bore the burden your resolute
Time raced ambition flown
Memories stacked in our dusty attic
Second generation repeat Saying I Do
Empty nesters baby boomers
Your not what I wanted
Your are everything I needed
Love is a crooked path
Tonight I’ll ask the stars above
How did I win your love
You told me
Life is more exciting on the rollercoaster
Not the roundabout for you
For richer for poorer or both
Time raced and keeps racing
Together always us
Agreement
“You’ve made up your mind?”
“No I have not”
“Yes you have you don’t like it”
“I never said I didn’t like it”
“I can tell by your face”
“My face is saying nothing”
“Yes it is it’s saying I don’t like it”
“Your misreading my expression”
“No I’m not you don’t like it”
“And what if I don’t?”
“You see I told you”
“Alright I don’t like it”
“Thank goodness I don’t like it either!”
I could be Noah
It’s Monday morning raining
Thought of building an Ark
It would be entertaining
My neighbours will be shocked
Prow emerging over fence
Garden boat dry docked
How to summon them two by two
You cant text or message
That won’t get through
Perhaps I’ll be a new Noah
Animals sensing danger appear
They’ll even travel from Samoa
It’s falling hard getting wetter
This climate change spilling water
Have to wear a waterproof sweater
Plenty of wood preserver
Hammer nails and sealant
Build ship fast in a fervour
This constant precipitation
Earth saturated
Might become crustacean
Shopping
You’ll want that back then
Your right I will
I shouldn’t have taken it
I meant no harm
The officer looked stern
So give it back then
Yes of course
I will
Right now I suppose
Yes now would be best
Well there you are then
Here is the key
I only went shopping
Not very far
I know dear I know
But it’s my patrol car
Stay well
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