I watch the television with no sound
A  nervous looking man has read the News
Boris Johnson’s getting  out of bounds
The Western wind will get into his troos.

Now there is a football match on grass
The players move like birds fly round about
A man has slipped and landed on his arse
Another one just gave himself a clout

An alien being from another  world
Would be concerned at humans chasing balls.
We should be asking what is  pi when  squared
Or up in Teesdale, visiting High Force.

My loved one wept as  he needed the Sea
To walk along the shore and look for shells.
But  it was much too late and could not be
His heart was failing, punishing his cells.

He  woke and cried for hills to relocate.
The Cleveland Hills  to be in Hertfordshire.
But as I’m only human I could not make
The world amend to fulfil  his desire.

He woke again and told me of his rage
I was the cause because I was his mate
I was too brilliant when we were engaged
And still I am not apt to wash a plate.

Then he whispered, how will you get home?
What will you do when you are all alone?
How will you live when I’m completely gone
Who will make you laugh, my love, my hun?

I said I’d call a cab and get some sleep
Or maybe sit  in silence for a weep
I had to push him off, so he could leap
Into the boat to make that final trip.

I felt another person come to life
Inside of me because I was his wife.
This person knew what I should do that day
I must sing as he  passed clean away.

 

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Anything to declare, they  bluntly asked
Gold or silver, drugs stuffed up your ass?
Just war, the shadow answered, that’s my task.

Do you believe a  just war can exist?
You’ll find that out when you have let me pass
Anything  else,  they bluntly, coldly, asked

No, nothing, you can search me if you must.
My declaration,  reason has surpassed
More wars, the figure ranted, that’s my task.

I declare the world is  done and bust
Though Jesus died and  we’ve just been to Mass
What did that do for Hitler, the guards asked?

What we choose has existential risk
As if we  live enclosed in walls of glass
Bombs, the figures chanted, they’re our task.

Shall we let these strange, black figures pass?
War is coming, guns and poison gas
Anything to declare,  the guards  just asked?
Another war and starting it’s unjust

http://www.dictionary.com/e/apostrophes-101/

 

“The apostrophe causes so much strife in part because it’s the culprit in two of the most commonly confused pairs in English: you’re/your and it’s/its. Possessive pronouns (like your and its) never take apostrophes, but their soundalike friends are contractions that require apostrophes. We all struggle with these when writing and proofreading our work, but here’s a quick trick: try replacing the ’re or ’s with are or is. If the syntax works, then you need the apostrophe; if not, it’s a possessive pronoun. For example, “It’s Sunday” can be written “It is Sunday,” while “The school locked its doors” can’t be written “The school locked it is doors.” Likewise, “You’re late” can be written “You are late,” while “I saw your note” cannot be written “I saw you are note.”

The apostrophe has a number of other lesser-known uses. It can replace omitted numbers (e.g. the class of ’72, the ’20s, etc.) and letters in written pronunciation slang e.g. gone fishin’. It can also be used to indicate plural letters, as in p’s and q’s, two A’s and four B’s, etc.”

Can they not return,those much loved dead
Who leave such empty spaces in our hearts
Which like the hearts of mothers,fathers  bleed?

“Ash to ash” is what the Priests have said
But there is still a soul, a living part
Can they not return,those much loved dead?

 

Why will I not walk into the dread
Without a map or any kind of chart?
Why not trust the Word when all was said?

And so I linger late, without my  bed
Hoping  for a vision,for a start.
Can you not return,oh, needed dead?

Let us  bless the water and the bread
Bless us all before we too depart.
Why not trust the Word and what was said?

Now the holy banquet is prepared
The vital clue is  all our food is shared.
Can they not return,those much loved dead.
Ease the hearts of  humans as they bleed?