On Certainty

On Saturdays we get a Guardian delivered 

it's always through our door at 8.55

the regularity makes us feel good

that someone is in a routine their efficiency

brings out the best of us. We know exactly

what time to get the first coffee ready for.

It's me in charge of the kitchen, it's the only

morning I am home.

The news never feels the same when you read it

on your phone. There was a time we stopped

following the news completely but now 

we read the news the way that our dads read about

bi-elections in Chesterfield, the ha'penny

being withdrawn from circulation the privatisation

of British Telecom, the premiere of Starlight Express,

100 arrested aftet violent clashes at Creswell Colliery,

the Thames barrier being opened by the Queen 

It Is Saturday Morning says the headline in all the

newspapers. We both have favourite coffee cups

and I still get a buzz when they're being used together.