The companions of his golden days ...

Sitting in the Peugeot, I turned on the radio - 

Sainsburys carpark was full - 

A boy pushed a centipede of trolleys past a Skoda Octavia - 

I listened to Jazz Record Requests - 

A widower requested something by Bix Beiderbecke - 

I remembered how my dad had once loved jazz - 

Artie Shaw, Sidney Bechet, Buddy Bolden - 

They were the companions of his golden days - 

Now he sits in the lounge of memory - 

There's no music there, only the theme tune of Midsomer Murders -

From time to time he'll sing in the kitchen - 

He'll open a bottle of Sole Star - 

He'll sing And we'll go back to Oggie land - 

Where they can't tell sugar from tissue paper, tissue paper, marmalade and jam - 

Each long day will repeat itself - 

Each song will sound the same - 

Saturday 4 March

Sainsburys carpark

Wareham