Supermarket Car Park Lunch

I change the radio station
From highbrow political debate
To an earnestly represented classical music concert

Imagine the coal fired power stations
Emitting their final puff of smoke
Their feed canals emptied of bulk fuel transport barges

As if the camaraderie of working men is to be gone
No more the communal showers
No more the rush to the clocking off clocks

There is rain
It streams down the car window
There is a meeting to attend

It is not to listen to a recitation by Lawrence Sail
It is not to joke
About the frequencies of peak experiences

Yet for some perhaps it is


A poem from Nameless Places and Hospital Gowns - Love Cared for by Relate available from iTunes and Amazon