tidies by andrew downs
ears
blue
lips
birth
spring
geese
chemistry
electro-rationalism
starlings
ray
academic
competition
hannah
ball
age
dated
breath
bait
godfatherly
blue


For everyone who's sad and blue
there's a happy kangaroo
jumping high, shouting "hooray!"
- basically, having a rather good day.

So when soon you are up,
fizzing, flirting and gay,
think not of poor kanga
now lying sick in the hay.


© Andrew Downs