Some people want a partner
Some people need a friend
A baby, or a cat, or dog
Fill days with waves from start to end
Am I alone when I'm at home?
No, I can play the radio
Listen to angry wartime talk
I'd rather go out for a walk
I could waste several precious hours
Talking to dumb trees and flowers
Watching other people's dogs
Leap about like frenzied frogs
On second thoughts I'll stay at home
Because mealtimes I'm not alone
I can hear fifty-year-old songs
While husband lists what I've done wrong
I could have a vaccination
Save myself and half the nation
Check a statement from the bank
See how interest rates rank
I've had a stretch and had a yawn
Checked how many more are born
Rehearsed what I'm going to say
Recalled delights of yesterday
I sat in buzzy restaurant crowd
Where other people laughed so loud
Sheltered from the cold and rain
Until wine tasters meet again
Heard one strident woman's voice
Tell joys and woes, I had no choice
Moved for a group's reservation
Friends flooded in from the station
Too much food and too much wine
But I had such a good time
Afterwards, had a long, good sleep
Refreshed, check who I must meet
Home and alone, out and aboout
Silent, clock ticks, people shout
Cars are humming, friends are coming
Ears like fridge hum, boiler drumming
Tap drips, stops like wary mouse
Zinging all around the house
Books to tidy, lots to do
I've washed dishes, how about you?
Fill the glass, mow the grass
Watch the children trotting past
Take a walk or sit and talk
Listen - you just have to ask!
Feed the birds with apple trees
Pretty flowers feed the bees
Read how fussy orchids are
Put some petrol in the car
I make the bed, dust the bedhead
Clear an abandoned spider's web
In my clean, cockroach-free home
Sometimes it's good to be alone!
Drink some water, think of laughter
Daughter-in-law, or daughter
Make sure every table's clear
Ready, welcome, phone friends, "Come here!"
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