EPISODE · Oct 1, 2005
Leaving
from Podcast A Moi · host Simon M James
Breakfast is over.John Humphries is whispering in the backgroundA sawing noise comes from the gardenMum has looked through her Get Well Cards again.Now she’s planning her day.“What time are you leaving?”The voice is blurredEye contact imprecise“ About 12.30”She nods like she’s understood a foreign languageEverything is recordedIn her “Book Of Remembrance”:Lunch! ( S leaving at 12.30 )Look for holiday diaryGeraniumsPay JohnOutside I foot the ladderWhile my stepfather performs tree surgery on the plum.I look up at him An old man in overalls swaying against a blue skyCrashing the gnarled dead wood down onto the buddleiaWith a murmured warning.Knows I’ve seen.He paints the fresh wounds with a grey sticky liquidGentle as a priestAs I drag branches to the bonfireHis silence says as much as her talkHer talk as his silenceWhile I the intercessor of their loveSay goodbye to both of them
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Breakfast is over. John Humphries is whispering in the background A sawing noise comes from the garden Mum has looked through her Get Well Cards again. Now she’s planning her day. “What time are you leaving?” The voice is blurred Eye contact imprecise “ About 12.30” She nods like she’s understood a foreign language Everything is recorded In her “Book Of Remembrance”: Lunch! ( S leaving at 12.30 ) Look for holiday diary Geraniums Pay John Outside I foot the ladder While my stepfather performs tree surgery on the plum. I look up at him An old man in overalls swaying against a blue sky Crashing the gnarled dead wood down onto the buddleia With a murmured warning. Knows I’ve seen. He paints the fresh wounds with a grey sticky liquid Gentle as a priest As I drag branches to the bonfire His silence says as much as her talk Her talk as his silence While I the intercessor of their love Say goodbye to both of them
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