there is no one about down the back road

just two squirrels.

i wander up the slope to the studio

to see if she is in.

**

she had issued one invitation only.  a quaint
old fashioned idea,       that we may be friends

please come ,take a drink,              talk with me

maybe                                               walk with me

let us get to know each other                   gently

do not over stay the welcome   50 minutes will suffice

breaking cups    spilling tea will abuse the hospitality

please come. i have the kettle on.    this is not the time

for hostility

**

she knows this is a corpse road, an old           …