It’s time
To make the tea
Minced beef
And beans
Fried
To within an inch
Of their life
After a day
Of facilitation
Consideration
Expectation
Pure sensation
Disappointment
And ironing
Most days I would try to write a poem; it is a practice, as I suppose is meditation, or smiling, or watching the world go by
It’s time
To make the tea
Minced beef
And beans
Fried
To within an inch
Of their life
After a day
Of facilitation
Consideration
Expectation
Pure sensation
Disappointment
And ironing
I watched the Rolling Stones
I felt like I was eighteen
I washed the luncheon dishes
Oh boy what can it mean
I posted on to Twitter
About so so far away
I was the lonesome critter
What more can I say
The policeman knocked early
On my substantial front door
Looking for the previous quite surly
My relief fell fairly, down to the floor
It is, is it not
Not happenstance
But chaos
And the more energy
That each player holds
The more disruptive
That they are to the force
How many places
To live
To frequent
To travel to and from
How many fucked-up
Individuals
Are left in their wake
And what of themselves
Can they each
Work it out
I say I will
But I do not do
You say you won’t
Your do becomes my don’t
At the end of November
As the light turns to fade
I think of you
I am so staid
In my little room
With table-lamp lit
I write these love words
I hope they fit
My open heart
My open palm
Let it be
Your endless charm
In this land
Of make believe
You broke my heart
Yet I halfway conceive
That only time
And only tide
Restrict the feelings
Of that aeroplane ride