Artie Shaw is playing in the lounge of memory ...

We're listening to Artie Shaw and his band in the lounge of memory - 

Artie's wearing a beautiful black dinner jacket - 

He's a handsome lounge lizard with a clarinet - 

Listening to Begin the Beguine I imagine myself dancing in the ballroom of a Cunarder - 

I'm dancing with a girl wearing a bronze bracelet - 

Searchlights mark the night clouds - 

The young sailor in the photograph comes alive - the girl wearing a beret remembers a secret - 

Outside The Beresford the landlord is giving out free beer - 

My dad wakes up in his armchair -

It's quarter to three in the afternoon - 

2.45

Sunday 22 November 2015

Staunton Road

Havant