Breathe

I go to this café in Amsterdam
and really fancy a cigarette and a coffee
but I've run out of cigarette papers
so the nice young man behind the counter
rolls one for me
and isn't Dark Side of the Moon an excellent album


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Dark Idiot in Hawthorn

I feel like I'm pushing my fingers
into a couple inches of earth
when I want to drill for oil
I thought I was finishing myself off
– now I climb mountains, wave flags


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Departure

When leaving
re-visit your favourite places
Say goodbye, and thank you
A clean sheet


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Heading West

Dog in basket on tandem
wife behind
A Thames Path drive past
cycle bell morning



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