18 JULY 1987, Page 30

Anon

I was resting my feet between two pogroms And cooling them in a stream, When through the tender leaves above I saw an angel gleam.

My guardian angel: I knew him at once. He floated about the tree.

Now carry me off and carry me high. And he said presently.

And presently means by-and-by, And by-and-by, anon.

He settled his halo and flapped his wings; He kissed me and was gone. Gerda Mayer