Wednesday, 13 January 2016

The mirror in the jakes had stolen their faces ...



Richard placed the glass of Proper Job before me - 

There's the Ukippers he said - 

They were sitting near the jakes, a portly boozy gang - 

I counted four beards - 

It was just before six - we'd walked here through twilight streets - 

A greyhound under a table kept watch -

They get loud and make sexist jokes Richard said - 

I stole a glance at the paunches, the reddened cheeks - 

They'd been drinking all afternoon, I thought - 

They'd forgotten how much they'd had - 

The mirror in the jakes had stolen their faces - 


18.00
Tuesday 11 January 2015

The Hole in the Wall
Southsea

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