My first cigarette ...

There were no chess players today - 

No lean rogues slyly vaping whilst watching police cars - 

A willowy girl sat in silence with a pale boy - 

The owner put on some fado - 

Bright greenery caught my eye - 

I thought of buying a louche trilby - 

I sipped a small americano - 

I opened the foxed Penguin -

The past is a foreign country I read - 

I smelled the yellowy page - 

My first cigarette was in my mouth - 

August 2023

Crooked Book 

Boscombe 

Bournemouth