epigram

Epigram

When parks have been fenced in and locked

And school play grounds shut down

 Will children be safe or lose their freedom

Behind dark curtains?

survivors

The survivors

Old age is a strange time you have no future and tend

to look back to what was is a dream.

How long does old age last?

My wife and I are closer than ever, but are we clinging

to a life buoy of eternity?

I look at her, she has problem walking looks st me

and we both think the same.

So used you to each strength and weaknesses,

how is she or she going to survive?

We have come to a point when our arguments are

a declaration of love.

The coward I’m I hope to go before her I can’t cope

with the aftermath that can cause

resentment that fester for another generation.

And in early mornings I touch a warm body listening

to her gentle breathe glad to be alive.

the pope and me

The Pope, Statues and Me

 Confounded old age, I keep looking at a blank screen a plateau of nothingness,

except for this ridicules idea that I must travel to Rome and see the statues I once

wrote about; and perhaps have little chat with pope about this and that. I must

talk to him now before the Vatican machine brainwashes him into conforming

 to a glorious robed pope, a person of empty rituals. If I get to meet him, he could

dress up in a smart Italian suit, a false moustache and a nonchalant way of walking,

 we could look at the statues; then over a few beers, Brazilian sausages, with Italian

flavour; tell him a secret so deep he might reject it as fantasy by a deluded person.

 

Dear Brother Frances, your name is Erik, we are twins, shared the same womb,

but I was kidnapped by Gypsies, grew up in a camp of filth as an underdog in our

democratic society and know how demeaning poverty is and can help you with

your austerity program.  You are, the bishop of Rome.

There will be a stunned silence, either he accepts my story and embraces me or call

the guards; whichever way he will not forget me and the statues of Rome.

old soldiers never die

old soldiers never die

the birthday party

the birthday party

the black phone

the black phone

ancient hamlet

ancient hamlet

door of solitude

door of solitude

after us

after us

record breakers

record breakers

unusual october

unusual october

mysterious encounter

mysterious encounter

less grazing land

less grazing land

rain

rain

bullets

bullets

the doorman

the doorman