Spring Fevers

The Chiggers

"I think my chiggers want to see the world."
The travel agent was incensed
So I said it slower and got my bites out on her desk.
We booked Morocco
and three weeks in the Portuguese mountains.
I scratch them to sleep with our passport -
But they just won't stop migrating.
It's becoming less and less clear what my chiggers want. 

JL & Partners

Our partnerships an interlinkage
Consummated in dry-store shrinkage
And post-shift pubs to catch a break from
Prosecco vouchers
(This year's vintage).
At the bar, 
We relate the customers'
Most demanding lunch rush must-have-as.
Two shandies,
Three velos,
and a schooner of bland ale:
- Because she ordered double chips -
- You can't just call someone a -
Land-whale.

My First House

The solar eclipse has now exited the first house of Aries.
This means I should be particularly happy this spring.
As I wait on the empty platform,
and listen to the birdsong,
full of hazy IPAS and a love so strong it feels like faith
on my way home to the flat where my
Sweet Girl will be asleep on the sofa
and the skylight opens all the way
I make sure to look up at the progress of the evening sun
and give it a nod.