31 January 2013
Of those transient images
Only one was on celluloid:
You are smartly dressed, my eye drawn
To the striped tie, buttoned breast
Auburn crumple over polished shoes
Fresh shine of varnished wood and metal:
12th January 2009
Underlined
Striking a pose for the undertaker;
Blackly photogenic
Bearing a clutched box of ashes
With a mask I last recall
Four years earlier
Etched in a hospital corridor
The Photograph • Opuss № I