Are we a race
For reasons of
Posterity
Or keep above
The rising flood
Of market share 
Or do I dare
To love?

To have a knack
To win with words
Imagine this
Remember that
It catches you
In early morn
Then wonder if
A fiction born

Oh happy day
When people teem
Grabbing bears
Near bakery
Order flowers
Queue for hours
To save the Ferris
Wheel for lovers

Once a year
Soft centred ones
Splurge and lift
Spending slump

Whereupon
I'd daily make
English muffin
Strawberry jam 
Fish and chips
By Sandy Bay
Coffee brunch
A piece of cake

As if to spot
Rarest flower
Outside your window
Everyday
Exotic birds
Fly south and make
Their home in 
Unmown grass of late

Imagined love
Meets daily wake
A pose, a glimpse
We hesitate
A ritual
To meditate
On one so loved 
Of late