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GLIMPSING THE STARS
I wake, as always at some dark hour, to pee –
make my way, as always, with utmost care
down the steep, narrow stairs then across
the dining room’s creaking floor boards
as silently as bare feet can. Afterwards,
I creep to the patio doors, hoping
to see the visiting fox my hosts have heard.
There are stars in the clearest of skies –
so many, as always surprisingly
so many, I want to wake the household
but, instead, craning my neck, peer up
through the double glazing in wonder.
What would the fox, night’s denizen, see?
An old man in his pyjamas, singing
sotto voce, ‘I only have eyes for you,’
longing to go in the garden to gaze at
such mundane immensements!
4 responses to “GLIMPSING THE STARS”
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A poem about me? Why, thank you. ?
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Not this one, John.
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I’ve been there. As a child I would have gone into the garden. Not now. So much is lost in our decorum and fear. I mention fear because recently I was in my backyard watching birds through my binoculars when a woman appeared at my shoulder. A complete stranger, with long stringy hair, missing teeth, tall and thin. Can I enjoy my garden in quite the same way ever again?
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Because of incidents in the past we keep the three gates to our back garden locked – except when we’re using them, of course! Your comment, Mary, has made me realise that we have come to take what amounts to ever present fear for granted.
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