One boat

One boat

One man

One noisy noisy dog

One island

One man

One quiet quiet life

Say hello

Say goodbye

See you again tomorrow

Go now

Go downstairs

Find the love

Of early mornings

Sat at the kitchen table

With pen and paper

And a mug of tea

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Lights flicker

Lights flicker

Swell rises

Then falls

Now it is the engine's rotation

Which hums and vibrates

As we leave the land behind

As you have left

More than your land

Or your kingdoms

Sun falls

On the cabin window

Clear view

All the way

To the seamless horizon

Of sea and sky of sky and sea

In this moment

Alone again or

Wherever the beams linger

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There is an open-topped bus

There is an open-topped bus

On the hour

If it’s not raining

Other than that

It’s three-quarters of an hour

For the regular service

Somehow the folk

Look altogether older

Perhaps down here

They flew too near to the sun

In their youth

Whereas I stayed up north

But no

The open-topped route

Is finished for the day

How fortunate are we

To wait in this bus-station

While clouds and national

Cyclists routinely pass by

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It’s twelve o’clock

It’s twelve o’clock

Can you not

Hear the bells ringing

It’s a cool breeze

And only one hour

Until we enter

The open-air

Lido swimming pool

With geo-thermic partition

Are there lockers I wonder

What if we should lose

Our tickets to the Scilly Isles

I don’t expect

That it was this quiet

During the school holidays

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Where else but here

Where else but here

How far to go to be near

The evidence is awkward and queer

Though this is where I am my dear

The eight-seater is taking off

Snouts are already in the trough

Nobody’s tested but one has got a cough

It’s not champagne but it does have a froth

Where else but there

The runway to anywhere

A time that is all but exactingly square

Set out early, wear layer upon layer

Edging down the final straight

Fingers crossed we won’t be late

We did not pack, but signed in as freight

All together now: take care of the After-Eight

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