Events coordinator
He has delegated
the oranges to
the appropriate
sections, so that
there can be no
confrontation
with the loyalists
of the reds.
But as usual
there are
not enough
restrooms
for the ladies
of either stripe
who are urgent
apart from the
exigencies of agencies
just the ticket
for those
who can never be
too rich,
too thin,
or too p*ssed.
Moving house
The wind seems
to be the author of
all doorstep invitations
defences or invasions
first responder
to the accomplishment
of change,
an energy of sorts that
follows the vans
the papers and boxes
but still manages to be in place
to greet their arrival.
Three moves equal one fire
a friend once advised me,
and the possibilities that arise
from such tender reminders
of lives, simply
rearrange themselves
while the wind blows ashes
or fans new flames.
Perhaps its notes will
make a new tune.
from the same old stuff,
with better transitions.
as it sings again
comfortably
making its noises at the windows
that wait for new treatments
While teasing the brochures
and catalogues in the post
which still arrive predicably
tho meant for previous tenants;
it smoothes the transitions
between the aspirations
that were abandoned here and
the labels that name
the new occupants and advertises
to their interests
Its something to connect the point
at which the old real mail
stopped, and the new real mail begins
both, perhaps less than comforting
but more reliable than just an old friend.
But the wind of course
is never clear about whether
it is the first thing
unpacked from a box of woes
at a new destination
or what is left when the lid
slams down on hope.