Thanks, Lumen, glad you're finished now. I liked the Numb thing, at the start of a sentence, so it was a while before I realised it was an abbreviation!
Yes, likewise malone, I thought LEV was some sort of ECV to start with but then recalled the Lev-Numb-Deut from school RE revision (which clearly came to some use later in life!)
Tough, and heart rending once solved. Many thanks for the help here, especially with potato “in trat” and the reversed hesitations, which I never would have got.
Buddy’s helpful hint earlier also gave me an inkling about the theme, which turned out to be accurate. A lovely tribute - and in a very appropriate form.