Now that I am gone

I
You left your shoes

In the porch, outside the door

You left the upright Hoover

In the middle of the floor

The gate is open

I know you’re in

The car is in the driveway, waiting

I can’t see the cat or hear the dogs

Our house is so quiet now

II

Tell me dear what’s it like

At the table, is it one cup & saucer

One plate and knife & fork

Do you half fill the teapot?

Or do you set another place

And talk to me so that I am there

You know how I like my cuppa

One sugar, milk and the spoon

Left in the cup

III

And after you wash and dry

And put the things away

Do you sit in a darkened, silent room

Close the blind as night draws in

Go and shut the gate

And off to bed and draw the covers over

Tell me dear what do you think and do and say

Now that I am gone

© O Derry Boy 2014 - dedicated to Keith