September

(Image - Autumn Leaves Japan)

At five in a morning they scavenge about,

Punters at a car boot sale

Searching for bargains with torches.

Why the lights?

Because it’s still dark.

Why dark?

Because it’s SEPTEMBER.

September: the month when the kids go back

To school.

When bowls goes indoors,

Snooker starts;

Cricket draws to a close,

As bad light stops play.

Premiership football into its second month
And Rugby Superleague into the Playoffs.

Telly programmes that have run all summer

Grind to a halt

And Winter TV takes over.

“Question Time” is back

Along with parliament,

Though Boris soon closed it

This year!

The nights get longer,

Minute by minute

And soon those leaves will turn

That lovely golden hue:

Ironically the mark of Death.

Thoughts will soon be turned to Christmas

As we steel ourselves

For another Winter.

Halloween and Bonfire Night

Are coming soon.

This year we have “The Brexit Deadline”,

A new distraction

Drawing our eyes away

From the eternal passage

Of time.

Paul Butters

© PB 23\9\2019.