Down's Balance

When muscles are loose

and joints a bit shaky,

standing feels safe,

tipping forward dodgy

but, for strangers, you’ll walk

or run from that silence;

smile like a torch

and hug – they need balance.

Outcry

One day, he squealed like a sweltering piglet;

another, he sighed like the wind in a cave.

He said to his children at breakfast ‘You’re stupid!’

and grunted like Rambo when pushing his car.

Later, he whistled his way to the boozer;

at night-time, he snored like a didgeridoo

He said to his children at breakfast ‘I love you!’

and cried when his missus then told him the news.