Uncle Norman

Uncle Norman

Uncle Norman wears a
bright red handkerchief
in his breast pocket

baggy old tweed
jacket makes him
seem so bohemian

but actually he’s as
indifferent and distant
as an old stone wall

he’s a fisherman but
there’s something dandified
less practical than Harold

like he’s snobbish
savouring tackle
more than fish

and his hawkish daughter
Ann disparages with
her brittle pride

too Malone Road the both of them