BIG BLUE EYES.
You looked at me with
big, blue, eyes.
I was delighted.
Until I found out from
a friend,
you were short-sighted.
You trembled with
passion when we got near.
I found out later, you
trembled with fear.
Your smile was so wide,
your teeth so white,
I found out later, they
came out at night.
We went out together,
once or twice.
I found out then, it
wasn’t quite right.
I’d to buy my own
drinks, pay my own way,
You said you were on
very low pay.
Honestly, really, I
wouldn’t have bothered,
But
did you really have to bring your mother!!
©
Gill McDonald-Constable
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HEDGEHOG SLIPPERS.
I love my hedgehog
slippers.
I think they’re really
sweet.
My lovely hedgehog
slippers,
warm and soft upon my
feet.
They’re just like mini
duvets
wrapped around my toes.
But whoever’s seen a
duvet
with shiny eyes and
pointed nose!
They’re cosy, warm and
snugly.
Well at least that’s
what I think!
Though there’s some
that think they’re ugly,
And even some that
think they stink.
But I wouldn’t swap my
hedgehogs.
Not for slippers made
of mink.
©
Gill McDonald-Constable |
TEMPUS.
Sitting alone, in a
brightly lit café.
Clawed hands clutching
the warming cup.
Misty eyes gaze through
arabica perfume.
People pass by, and she
never looks up.
What does she see in
the ribbons of steam?
Who does she hear in
the voice of the crowds?
Where does she go as
she sits all alone?
Back to the time when
she stood tall and proud?
As memories pass the
window one by one.
The younger she smiles
out from her old lips.
She used to be a
Goddess on the dance floor.
There’s no more dancing
on arthritic hips.
You can’t wish back
Time, it goes too fast.
Dance as hard as you
like, you can never catch up.
Time stirs you around.
You’re there, then you’re gone.
She watches the bubbles
in her cold coffee cup.
©
Gill McDonald-Constable |
