Day: Mar 26, 2026

I dream at night

I dream at nights of my old friends My husband and his loving hands

I dream of all the cats we had

Alfred who slept on the bed

He laid his head upon my foot As I wrote a poem of love

Jimmy who was small and black She bit my hand if I got up

I did not wish to wet the bed

She did not understand a word I said

The last night here she gazed at me

I think she knew she would not be Lucky was the nervous one

Black and white , apartheid none

He liked my husband’s shoulder dear

He draped himself and lost all fear Now the cats have all gone off

I am frightened by a cough

My husband comes to me at night

Fortunately he cannot bite

He touches me with tenderness Smiles and wished me,God Bless. When I waken I feel lost

So I have to wear a watch

I seem to have no solid self

I feel nervous of an elf

I don’t mind an angel sweet

He could rub my aching feet

I will have no other man They are frightened of women

They don’t like to lose at Chess They don’t like to wash my dress They will brush my winter coat Never ask me what I wrote

I do not wish to anger men

They might shout and bawl again

I think maybe I will turn gay

Ask a lady, what to say?

They may not understand my needs

Killing flowers to help the weeds Talking all the weary night

On the whole they’re parasites Also they may menstruate

I can’t give them seeds to take

So they will leave and get a man This is where it all began

Eve and Adam,God and man

Cain and Abel, apple flan

Noah and his Ark so fine

I wish I had one in the rain

I wonder when the world will end?

I am old so be my friend