Irritated by ageing
Damn wars
And this cancer
Oesteo-arthritis
And that political wanker
The lift that’s now broken
And fibro-myalgia
The box-sets half chosen
To pass time on the sofa
And another thing
That’s driving them raving
Is the cooker clock timer
Since daylight saving
And LBC phone-ins
With adverts and trailers
News on the TV
And views in the papers
And this dreadful giddiness
And my fuzzy thick head
The no-longer-two-of-us
And a cold space in bed
Worry filled night-times
For my kids fully grown
And sad memories of past times
When not ill and alone.
(The first evening on a week’s visit to my mother)