I carried a pebble from my Cardiff garden
to the Lady Chapel, St David's Cathedral
and hid it in a small hollow, south wall
Madly, I snapped
a million photos of stained-glass windows
like I believed
the end was nigh
Up to Cross Square
then Goat Street, Heol Catrin
Waun Isaf to Affes
indulging in luxury –
so good to write and revise
before using a pen
Reflecting now –
building bridges between sanity and city
(between) ease and activity
(between) here and there –
(I confess,) begging for help
~ ~ ~
The man from the Chinese is at the front door
noodles & tofu
I swear, for no reason,
I'd just seen 12:34:56 – pineal pie –
bringg bringg
you cut down all the flowers but one
and now you pay
– plus free prawn crackers
which the birds get
in the garden
but my stomach bleeds
and the kitchen clock
is absolutely
ticking