New Year Office Chitchat
How was your Christmas?
you ask
and I think of
the bloodstained rug
and the silent scraping
of the spade
in the garden
at midnight
and the wash wash
washing of my hands
and the dreams,
those endless dreams
which haunt
the night-time
and smudge
their thumbprints
on the day
to come
and I reply
Super, thanks. Yours?
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Happy New Year, Brian. Hope you like this:
The turkey’s in the oven
The cat is in the tree
You’ve opened all you presents
And acted graciously
The sprouts are peeled and cooking
Prosecco’s flowing free
It’s Christmas and the time has come
To kill the family.
I’m snowed in with my friend Gillian up in Scotland at present. It makes a change from the dreichness of Hertford in January. Take care. Stay well.
Chris House
Love it. Thanks for sharing, Chris.
LOVE IT BRIAN