I too am becoming obese
The fat drips
From my pen
On to the paper
As the Japanese tourists
Waltz on by
Only by ordering at the table
May one sit down for coffee
This, so it seems, is what
Civilisation has come to
At the end of the second decade
Of the twenty-first century
Let us be, let it be
Let me be
With or without an Americano
Let us see, let it see
Let me see
With or without the Hilfiger varifocals
I too did see Leonardo
Or is it Da Vinci
As he is known
To those who read his code
I didn’t, I don’t. I won’t
Read the book, or watch the film
