Hidden Talent

I can’t dance or ride a horse

although I’ve tried several times

to do both. Someone said I

looked like a sack of potatoes

attempting to do either,

but I can’t make any connection

between the two. So it’s no

surprise when I consider

that I can’t play chess, or

remember which controller works

the gadgets beneath the TV.

I can’t exercise much patience

when attempting to get through

to the Inland Revenue

and I can’t swim the butterfly

particularly well. But I

can detect to within a hair’s breadth

the exact moment when winter

ends and spring begins,

with my eyes closed,

and I think that is quite a skill.

John H Davies

20th January 2011