Easter

Easter was a time to tidy up around the place,
we cleaned and cleared and trimmed and dumped and sprayed. A hectic race
with time that made me stress a bit but now at last it's done.
The signs go up this week and now each weekend I shall run
the frantic race again for open days until the tenders
roll on in. My inlaws come- a hip replacement renders
men a little worse for wear, so they will stay with us
until the hippy trauma site recovers from the fuss.

Aside from heavy labour we had tea one night with friends
and planned to watch 'Chicago' live next Sunday and that sends
me into pleasant fantasies of jazz and Deco gear
so I feel well rewarded for my broken nails here.


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17 acres in Poukawa, Hawkes Bay, NZ

Up for tender 

Real Estate

We signed up with an agent (real estate).
Amazing that it took this long
to get around to it. I spent the rest of Easter
Friday cleaning, finding I was wrong
to think I'd hate the chores.
Virtuous is how I feel... but stuffed.
Tomorrow there is more to do but
my kitchen hasn't been so buffed
for years. Our place will be put up
for tender, there'll be open homes -4 weeks.
With luck we'll be all shifted into town
by mid July. And I'll have hollow cheeks.


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My Fair Lady

I've had a headache every day but gone to work and ...coped.
Every night I've thought "Tomorrow I'll be fine" and doped
myself with pills again. But Friday was OK. Exception to the rule.
I wandered town and occupied myself for hours after school
because I had a treat in store. A show to go to with a bunch
of other staff. "My Fair Lady" was the show and worth the munch
on half a Subway roll I had while driving there.
A teacher was a dresser and she took me backstage where
I photographed another of our teachers, dressed to dance.
He looked like any cockney boy (and loves to pose and prance).
I rushed to find my seat aware of costumes, dancers and
knowing, later, I'd see more in a tour we had planned.

I love that show, the words can almost roll right off my tongue,
I learned them while I listened to a record when quite young.
Even then I recognised the irony and laughed.
On Friday, laughed so much, my visibility was halved.
Eliza and Professor Higgens watched the film a lot,
they had the voices pat... and their humour hit the spot.
The premise of the story is an awfully clever thought:
that you can be whatever others want but never ought
to think that you will find your happiness that way.
You need to find companions who see underneath the play.


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cars and carry ons

Today my daughter has my faithful black
Toyota FX 1.6 Corolla,
(she's paying for it with a loan quite soon).
And I have got a speedy little roller,
a Cynos coupe that makes me feel so cool.
My life is full of lovely little treats
and that is what helps balance out the crap
when I'm exposed to tempermental feats.

Today I had a teacher crying, saying
she felt as though she'd been under attack,
she took on board the message but the way
it was delivered left her reeling like a whack.
A week ago another pair insulted
each other and they needed mediation.
It's all a sign of pressure letting up
and health that lets them down... to confrontation.

Today a lady rang to about our place,
she took a tour last weekend and seems keen.
She asked a lot of questions then explained
she'd have to sell their house in town. I've been
tempted to go see her place...a swap
would be an easy option... who can tell?
I'll go and look although I must admit
two other places stack up very well.


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My new car 

Mid Life Crisis

It's purple in a lovely blue-ish way,
the car I took a test drive in today.
It's sporty in a low-slung coup-ish style,
I signed a deal to buy it in a while...
(a towbar for our bike stand must be fitted)...
I'll soon be mid-life crisis auto-kitted.


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School caretaker's birthday

The Caretaker

Garth is turning sixty but you’d never guess; he walks
a hundred miles a day around the school and hardly baulks
at tasks - although the toilet rolls that block the loos might bring
a jaundiced sigh and grumble as he does the “caretake” thing.

Garth’s the man behind the scenes who saves the day a lot,
He’ll break a cupboard open if your key you clean forgot.
He’ll get his trusty jump-start kit when engines fail to start…
With jaundiced sigh and grumble he will play the “caretake” part.

Garth will always guard his shed with vigilance. Who’d dare
to take a cloth or cleaning fluid? You’d spend your life in fear.
He measures each container, knows the volume left within,
his jaundiced sigh and grumble means your deed’s a “caretake” sin.

Garth is turning sixty and he’s got his jumper leads,
he’s got his shed of secret tools, he’s done enough good deeds;
he’s claimed his seat for cups of tea at our round table so
I now propose we knight him as Sir Garth, Caretaker Pro.


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