Sitting in a park

Sitting in a park,

waiting for the kids,

watching lots of people, 

playing tag and it,

hard wooden benches prized more than gold,

little islands of sanity in a mad child world.

Death defying drops from 7 foot in the air,

soft wooden chips scattered here and there,

crowded and noisy it's suddenly goes calm,

when the man shouts that closing time has come,

locked up and quite all the kids are gone,

no more people till next time when they play in the sun.  

I had Chinese food for tea tonight

I had Chinese food for tea tonight,

not the kind you get from a nice hot shop,

but the kind you get from a packet,

fried in a wok,

hot prawn previously frozen,

not fresh from the sea,

freeze dried pineapple and syrup like honey,

garlic powder for marinade,

sweet and sour sauce full of E numbers,

not home made.

sticky noodles that cling together,

and loose all heat as well as flavour. 

no flavoured rice or cashew nuts,

no if or and's and no buts.

washed down with a nice cool drink,

tap water made cold by running it down the sink.