(20 minute poetry)

If bothered is the place  to be
I can't be bothered to go and
see
the sights.

Sleepless under strobing lights in
the discotheque
to which I own the rights.

It's cold in the pinball this morning,
the heating is long overdue
the captain is ****** at the controls
so
what can the traveller do?

Again it's off key or
perhaps it's just me,
too many nights on the floor
and I'm losing the will
to survive,
but that's nothing new to
the man who's been through
the mill.

In Rotherham they can't
be bothered when,
but not all Rotherham men
are alike.

and I'm in London being stood on
standing on the tube.

Maybe bothered is
the face, palm, slap
the trap that
we all fall for
or maybe it's not
if
I could be bothered to bother
I'd take the time to investigate
more.

Tuesday's plain awful and
it gives me a headache
I should really sleep on
and not be bothered to wake

Soon be done
time to run
the next stop belongs
to me.