It was on October 19th
in 1953 Dylan Thomas
took to the stage at city
college NYC. An usher
asked if he could take
his coat, the poet said
no, adding that it was
many the good bottle
got lost because of that.

Today, sixty two years
later at The Marina Hall
Cork City close to where
I am performing singing
reciting and busking I had
occasion to avail of the
disabled WC where I was
to discover no toilet paper.
Many a sock* I lost over this.




The Proscribed Poet
8th March 2025
Reciting at The Marina
Cork City Ireland.