SIX ACROSS, MADAGASCAR REDUX

if

in the devils

en suite

fleet street

madagascar

novotel

i hardstare dead ahead

thru the calendar walls

at realities overdrive

i see grandparents

younger than me

weeping air

over

a

year-old red-top

tv guides 6 across

~

sandpaper dry newspaper pages

crumble at a covered cough

sparking a smokers tut

over

an

empty bellys

sink estate cry

& 
hands like sepia maps

hold chipped china cups

of warm bath-tub gins

pale pale

fade-away 
dreams

~

five letters it says

they have a D from armageddon

so it starts with a D

'permanent state youre in' 
it says

'walking _____ '

in the devils

en suite

fleet street

madagascar

novotel

from agoda.com

WALKING DEATH / SIX ACROSS

if
in the devils
fleet street
madagascar
novotel

i hardstare dead ahead
thru the calendar walls
at realities overdrive

i see grandparents
younger than me
weeping air
over
a
year-old red-top
tv guides 6 across

sandpaper dry newspaper pages
crumble at a covered cough
sparking a smokers tut
over
an
a
empty bellys
sink estate cry

& their hands like sepia maps
hold chipped china cups
of warm bathtub gins
pale pale
fade-away dreams

five letters it says
they have a D from armageddon
so it starts with a D
'permanent state youre in' it says
'walking _____'
in the devils
en suite
fleet street
madagascar
novotel

from accorhotels.com

PAIR OF POPS

      GARDEN POP

   i am drawn to the trees
 to the  quiet riot  out there

  barks rough edges  leaves smooth sweep
 theres a calmness to the tied earth

   an empty that needs no filling

    and my manmade fabrics
   feel loud
          and a mistake 
     in this beige ribbon 
        this fenced eden

from unsplash.com

      PLANNING AHEAD

 old couple  in a chilly costa
    huddle shoulder to shoulder

  theyre doing a crossword together
    their coffee steams
   their mugs touch

     will  that be us ?
 that will  be us

     if we have money then
  and  britain is not  ashes

from whitbread.co.uk