A Salopian in Suffolk to paints and writes herself into existence …
Down-seating myself for to eat,
in company,
I find that hungry I am not,
just dislocated,
bewildered,
out of touch with a core of me that is no longer
where it used to be, nor even
where I expect to find it.
Copyright of text and image owned by Jay Cool, 3rd September, 2021
(A4 prints of image available for £15 apiece.)
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Ability. Determinedly inviting. And, yet, fragile.
Its being-ness, being predetermined; with
its destination,
being –
anything but,
what some might term – inevit
able.
Copyright owned by Jay Cool, August 31st, 2021
Image by Peggy und Marco Lachmann-Anke from Pixabay
Locked in for eight days;
just two more to go,
before setting foot on the –
Not yet.
Not even one foot in and the other one out,
and yet,
today, I hear, not from the app, but from a voice transmitted upon radio waves:
“It is not illegal, people must remember, to go out to work, after a ping,
but
you must not, cannot, work if a member of Track and Trace gives you a ring.”
Just lost £300, the last days of a contract job (no sick pay included),
for a ping –
that was not, as it turns out, the same thing as being given a ring.
And if I had been given a ring –
not at all my thing –
I could at least have
pawned it.
Copyright of poem owned by Jay Cool and her empty bank account, 16th July 2021
Image courtesy of Pixabay.com
Waiting for today,
today,
I think that
tomorrow, I will still be waiting for
yesterday
to happen …
Copyright owned by Jay Cool, 20th May, 2021
Image by congerdesign from Pixabay
Pressure
Lockdown, lockdown, when we going to lockdown?
Now we’re in, now we’re in, when we going to get out?
Lockdown, lockdown, when we going to lockdown?
Get us out, get us out, when you going to get us out?
Relax, caution, relax, caution.
Back.
Last one, hold on, last one, hold on.
Hassle, hassle – set it out!
When you going to get us out?
Too soon. Act soon. Hold on. Out.
Back in, back in, when can we go back in?
Copyright owned by Jay Cool, 15th February 2021
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
Boris Looks Back …
It may be that we need to do things in the coming weeks …..
Take your time, Boris, why don`t you?
Wait until the problems pile up and then, perhaps, take action!
Tis always best to have the benefit of hind
sight,
isn`t it?
Copyright owned by Jay Cool, 1st January 2011
Image by 25621 from PixabayDear Beloved Boris,
Mixed messages from you this morning.
Of all places, how can a classroom full of 30+ children, sitting in twos, who are not allowed to wear face masks[1], be safe? Where is the logic in your statement, please? All evidence available points to this conclusion:
Schools are lethal!
Pinch yourself, Boris and WAKE UP!
Best regards,
From a mum who is no longer sure whether she lives on the planet Earth or not!
[1] My child`s Heads of School will not allow him to wear a face-mask in the classroom, on the basis that they are following government guidelines which suggest that face-masks in the classroom can be harmful! What?
Tightening, squeezing, pulling.
Shrinking and thinning into a collision
with what lies within.
Finally, the essence of what is me
makes an impact.
Image by Alexas_Fotos from Pixabay
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