I drank a little Brandy and water ...

I imagined living in Sailmakers -

I'd walk down St John's Hill to the river -

I'd be a breezy gaffer in a Harris Tweed jacket -

I'd wear a shirt decorated with dandelion clocks -

There'd be a treasured volume in one of my pockets -

I'd read it on the Town Quay -

I'd watch the clouds -

I'd remember being a nervy tipsy willow wand of a boy -

When the moon was full, the mist from the river would come up St John's Hill - 

I'd throw more logs upon the fire - 

The mist would come in through the crack under the door -

I'd turn the page and read William and Coleridge repeated verses -

I drank Brandy and water, and was in Heaven -

11 October 2021

St John's Hill

Wareham

Dorset