The desire of a starling for a richer song ...

I overheard two silverbacks exchanging courtly badinage in the gym this morning - 

I listened to their rich honeyed voices, to the way they said gosh and absolutely - 

I recalled the louche Etonians I'd met whilst at University - 

One had shown me an antique gold full hunter - 

That dent he said - that was made by an assegai - 

I'd sat, bathed in charm, under a reef of journals - 

I felt, once again, the desire of a starling for a richer song - 

12.00

Wednesday 20 January 2016

Purbeck Soorts Centre

Wareham 

Dorset