Today is departure day
To the station
To the airport
To the car
To home
But first the check-out
Then the breakfast
Then, so I am told
We will walk
Carrying our cases to the station
Past the gallery
Where we saw Giorgio Morandi
Or at least his works
For his quiet life
Is well and truly over
That I
A country boy from Yorkshire
Should talk of such
On the very day that a one time near neighbour
Is crowned Poet Laureate
Although the truth is
That he has acquired
A great deal of sophistication
Since writing of those moon-raker
Nights and days
