there was neon at the office do
there was wine and cakes ambushed proceedings
                                the management was there and
needed no neon to see to see for real
neon is dim and dull
              and for the red-light districts and underground dives
where nonsense and fuckall are now locked down
                         for the down and outs
who know nada about rock'n'roll

elsewhere headboy is supping bottle beer
                   after a works meeting he says
the blues are cracking 2020 Mouton Rothschild,
                 and hors d'oeuvres from Fortnum & Mason
while a poor old lady is missing her dear dead husband
                                 and counting unspent millions at Coutts & Co

the peasants are mad on full or half pay
                                  getting drunk and fighting their partners
moving from Golders Green to coastal towns in their dreams
            neon flicker dim and dull
momentum at a standstill
          they are working in the garden as one does
someone has made another baby
covid does not affect blue *****
the blues can see proper and do it proper
                 no neon required
leave that to the underground and the strange cargoes
here's a gin and tonic