21 MAY UPSIDE DOWN IS MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD THAN THIS

CROSSING THE GARDEN FROM LEFT TO RIGHT THE NOISE OF TRAINS INTO LONDON  SEEMS LOUDER THIS HOT NIGHT  

AS IF THE WHOLE WORLD HAS A WINDOW OPEN  

FOLLOWING WEEKS OF FURLOUGH TIMETABLED STILL TO HURRY ON DOWN TO THE CITY 

NEWS ONLINE SET OUT LIKE STREETS ON A GRID    BEYOND SETTING THE FACTS STRAIGHT  THIS IS ORDER AS A FACT OF LIFE    

THEN ALONG COMES A PATTERN OF ITS OWN  MAKING   

TO US ENTIRELY UNKNOWN   UNLIKE THE TERRORISTS WHO MADE FOR THE MATERNITY WARD IN A KABUL HOSPITAL  TO SLAUGHTER WOMEN IN THE ACT OF GIVING BIRTH   

HOWEVER BARBARIC+BRUTAL THEIRS WAS A SIMPLE REVERSAL OF ALL WE HOLD DEAR

DISGRACEFUL YET READABLE AS THE BACKWARDS  WAY COMPOSITORS USED TO WORK   

WHO’S BANGED OUT BY THE VIRUS REMAINS ILLEGIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE UNINTELLIGIBLE TO U & I

WISHING TO BE RESCUED FROM THE RANDOM           

YOURS TRULY        

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