my notes
of the meeting -
snail in a hat

Remembrance Day
the memory
of different silences

gridlock -
the guide dog's eyes
slowly close

after midnight
that song I can't get
out of my head

days of rain
a spent firework
in the gutter

quarter moon
Christmas trimmings
in the pound shop

woken
by a senseless fear...
there may not be
enough dreams left
to last the night

evening rain
the stallholder cries
'half price flowers'

westbound train
glides along beside
still water

working late
red leaves
on all the screen savers

librarian
keeps the best of last year's
autumn leaves

All Saints Day
on the bus they share
a joke, a kiss, a chip

all-hallows eve
the small boy brandishes
a plastic pitchfork