she’s always saying that I live
in the past
well yes, it is the only place I’ve lived
apart from now  ..

the american poet I most admire
is dorothy parker,
a drinker, a poet, a cynic, a writer
and **** it, I like her!

the second hand bookshop has gone
and whilst I may have mislaid the odd
book or two, an whole shopful?

this was the very street
choc a bloc full of tightly pressed covers on
the shelves

wherein sad old men with aching feet
would often find ourselves

you were crying and shaking as you tried
to explain you’d spent the night
with somebody else
well, as long as he makes you happy    ..

I’m going away
for a while he
thought she’d
be ok about it  ..

called the waiter over
for the bill
he said what about coffee
I said thanks
but I don’t even know you     ..

apparently relationships
have to be worked at, we laughed    ..