Thursday, 2 July 2026

Goodness Me - So There Are Five of Me Now

 

Goodness Me - So There Are Five of Me Now

 

In London Town, rain’s falling down -

silver rain, no doubt, upon dirty streets:

meantime, I’m picking up my feet

300 miles, give or take, from The Fleet

thinking barkers playing flutes, simple tunes

Toot Toot – and you’d better enjoy yourself,

it’s later than you think, Sir Keir.

No, in truth, shipmate, it’s better here,

Doha, Shanghai - anywhere will do –

lump it long to the big guy up front

and do you believe it - I bumped

into you - Mother makes Five.

Wendy Craig, odd nose, Butterflies,

look, I’m no Carla Lane, all the same

how you doing? I’m looking good, nice of you -

it’s all that Arabian sun – and I saw Morag,

bit sallow, down in the mouth, dragging bags,

she’s in Mark’s and – no didn’t spark

up a conversation – probably best,

even back then, I liked her less.

John yesterday, Angel the day before, that’s 4,

oh, yeah, and Gill, the Madam, ‘Hello!’, flooring

it South in a pedestrian contraflow.

No – since I left, I’m better than OK, Julie,

although, back then being exiled was truly

a punch in the knackers – off you go,

don’t let bitter brains flood in Amaretto –

watch billowing sails fill full from the rigging,

and leave all the lazy minds to the digging.




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