no,i never got over the
expulsion of trotsky from
the cp..

but the first day on the beach
(a sparkly memory)
i woke and a large

praying mantis was on
my face-jeez..
in the morning sun

the morning wine..
when i was young
i was in that blue sea..

hap i´m back!
and you can have a bath
f i am-

there´s a 20 per cent off
at the gas station-
bathe-you-dog!

did you ever hear of anything
so cheap.....
in these days of high prices

and higher profits..when
i was young i was a bit of
a radicle-happy..

we believed in people before
profits-but the in-fighting of
the left  

and the shift of the centre
to the right all pathed the
way for the discrepancy

between the rich and poor
greater than the victorian age
the billionaire..

i got on my bicycle
dissilussioned, i travelled
h:what about that bath...?

i

saturday,hap,off to
the doctor-to err is human
to forgive divine!

pope was one of my
favourites
when i was young

inspiration from a man
so afflicted
a brave soul..!

ii

a life of the daffodil
and the cold tap-
now where´s your lead?

i chewed f out of it
o look what have you done?!
i was bored..

iii

scene three-grumpy´s boots
on the couch
well,doctor, i am old and

feel nothing or angry for
no reason
i fear dying..

i will just fasten you here ,
hap,
while i return these-

won´t be long now,
you be good-
good boy..!

outside the library-
(hurry the apocalypse)
ah..the single half-hitch..!?

(a piece of cake-
black forrest but i
am quite unsophisticated)

And away and in!
past an electronic door
past the computer

past the surveillance cameras
past the latest fiction-newspapers
books for sale-50 p..

past the winding stair
past the coffee machine
past the screen

past the future
past a teacher and
laughing children

past the photocopier
past the librarian bending
in gardening

?
past grumpy boots?!
phew..

happy!?
what are you doing here ?!
bad dog!-he is collared

and lead away..
and out side..
mum...!

no,no-one is innocent
you can dream
you can twitch
but the lovely day

the performance
is  last night
today the long walk
the price to be paid..