Winter memory

The freshly fallen snow

puts me in mind of a childhood day

when various layers of clothing

gloves and a wooly balaclava

couldn't protect me from an elder

brother's carefully aimed frozen missile

Snow

The first significant snow fall

of the winter brings

the usual

reports of travel chaos

someone must make money

from all this poor preparation

otherwise we'd be

talking about something else

What to do with ideas

I've had an idea that could

help farmers keep the birds

of their crops

I've no idea who one should tell

a farmer I guess

but what if it turns into an idea

on the scale of cats eyes

or post it notes

or velcro

actually the more I think about

the more I can see some flaws

Best not mention it

I may look daft

Fixed

The man came

the oven fixed

all I need do now

is throw away his

rubbish

and cook

Great

The mood of the morning

can change in a split second

upon the discovery

of a missed tissue

in the washing machine

Thoughts of bed

On a few rare occasions

Mother would ask

"Was your bed comfortable

when you got out

of it this morning?"

Yes, I would say.

"Then you won't mind getting

back into it tonight."

A rare occasion indeed that she had

neglected to make the bed for me

and only now do I think that perhaps

the daily task really wasn't beyond my

own capabilities.

So here's how it works...

1 Past

the banks screw up the economy

the tax payer bails them out

2 Present

the tax payer pays more tax

the banks reward themselves

3 Future

the tax payer sacks the Labour government

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