I dreamt of the young woman
With sun-tanned thighs
In a short white skirt
Just as the Prince Regent’s
Royal Pavilion had reopened
Along the south coast
I dreamt of the same woman
Talking excitedly, with my
Leather jacket over her shoulders
Just as the first evening
Drew to its end
On the university campus complex
I dreamt of this young woman
Asking should she and her family join me
She probed in an enquiring yet positive way
Just as the money was running out
Before the new cheques
Had begun to land
I dreamt of that young woman
Never once coming to my works
Nor to our Christmas parties in London
Just as the time was nigh
To close off
The latest chapter
