Scar Tissue #17

NOT QUITE DESPERATION

Pen in hand

But no ideas

To spare rib him.

PARK KEEPER

They think

He's strange

Because he

Blows his nose

On flowers.

COPY

Proofreading

Her silk stockings:

He slowly removes

Several letters

From the alphabet.

Scar Tissue #18

MARGINAL ANALYSIS

I'm only looking

With rose-coloured spectacles

Through this window of opportunity

Because I'm a housebound astronaut.