5339 - Over to Ovid

Don’t think that I’ve read Metamorphoses 

By Latin poet Ovid around the

Start of AD, though one of my faves is

Influenced somewhat by it - Franz Kafka

And his Metamorphosis, with Gregor 

Samsa turning into a big insect -

Crawling along his bedroom walls and floor 

In the end he’s unable to protect 

Himself as his own family now reject

Their own former breadwinner. The preface 

To Ovid’s masterpiece just makes me more 

Keen to begin to read and then reflect 

How amazing it was and it still is

To read works so old, yet so full of power 

5338 - Hmm 🧐

I may not be Sherlock but there’s fishy

And very fishy. And talking of fish 

I had some battered pollock for my tea

Got a load of pollocks still in my fridge 

I’m fed a load of pollocks, it’s my dish

I just have to eat it, like it or not

It’s a stitch-up that’s just gone up a stitch

Things were cooked up and put into my pot

And it can sicken, as thickens the plot 

There’s goings-on decidedly funny 

Funny as suspicious as you could wish

Like Reggie Perrin’s dodgy products, Grot

Shakespeare’s sonnets, how they ring true for me

If he went through this, my company’s rich

5337 - The sun persists

Despite some disappointment this Easter 

Bank Holiday weekend it’s not been bad

The unplayable keyboard, a bummer 

But I’ve repackaged it and now it should 

Be collected tomorrow, refund had

And then a better keyboard can be sought 

Lots of walks in the sun, the mileage good

Ordered new face masks last night, now they’re bought 

And will arrive soon. Could’ve been distraught 

At being uninvited, lied to by her

Once more, but that’s the pattern of her mood

Finished Shakespeare’s sonnets, in which his thought 

Echoed with my own, centuries later

Might drink and play guitar, got lots of food!

5336 - Bad start, good end

Yes, bad start, not much sleep, noisy neighbours 

Then found my new keyboard it makes no sound

It’s a command keyboard, silent, no noise

Briefly I was in the slough of despond

But arranged collection and return, found

The packaging and it’s ready to go 

Won’t order another just yet, but bound

To do so when my refund comes. And so

Though tired, all I could think to do was to

Go on another walk. These random tours

Are proving so good. Covered lots of ground 

Agecroft Cemetery reached, but behold, lo

A sign to Clifton Country Park, and there’s

More parks and walks, in Salford they abound!

5335 - Sun again

Another nice day, walked to the Quays once

Again, knowing I could go to Aldi

For cheap food before I headed homewards 

Saw swan formation that so impressed me

On the Ship Canal. Knew I had my key-

Board waiting in my room for it’s first use

Ever so slightly disappointingly 

However, didn’t play those virgin keys

I wanted to give guitar some abuse 

Not played for several days and had the hots 

For a real session, though still thought there’d be

Time later on to tickle ivories 

But sometimes play guitar so long time runs

Out, so tomorrow to play keys I’m free

5334 - New things in big packages

Yes, midweek deliveries by DHL

New keyboard, folding chairs and table, they’re 

Waiting in the living room against the wall

Needing to be opened, it’s only fair 

My laziness had left them lying there

For two or three days, but after my walk

To Eccles and Buile Hill Park (came to a

Respectable 13k), couldn’t shirk 

The dreaded task. No longer in the park

No longer tired from work, I could just tell 

The time had come to unpack my hardware 

Once done I sat in the sun, new chair stuck 

Under me, feeling great. Heavy metal 

In my phones. Til it got cold 🥶 had no care

Fri 2 April 

5333 - Do laugh at me, it’s April Fool

Last day’s work before Easter, hard to stay

In the mood to do stuff that must be done 

Was itching to go on the balcony 

Particularly as the sun still shone

Still, there was plenty of light still to come 

So I finished the boring stuff on hand 

Then grabbed a chair and sat out in the sun

It was still high and warm, sat with a can

Or two, puffing away, a happy man

Work done, sun shining, yes this is the way!

And four days off work still to go... Listened

To a big band playlist - Benny Goodman

Dean Martin, Artie Shaw, Glenn Miller play

And others, way too many to mention 

Thur 1 April