Hard At Work

We were hard at work when the picture was taken, 

Jimmi’s ‘in-close’ idea of proper companionship’s  

collared to his reality. I said, don’t move about like 

that, he mutters, I’m nearly asleep, its been a ‘stiff’ 

enough day already; there’s much too much of the

uncharted territory I’ve yet to pee on. So - drift off, 

I’ll be back on it - when energy enough’s returned; 

we silently suffer th’ photograph by sleeping thus 

That isn’t to say this is his only masterplan; Jimmi 

plays the game according t’ rules he discerns can 

be modified subtly, & one cannot be unimpressed 

with the way he varies his behaviour with degrees 

of sophistication and surreptitious panache - isn’t 

lost on me either I suggest, now go back to sleep 

© 3 August 2018, I. D. Carswell