Did you catch the moon
hold its light close to
or did the dream sweep you
did clouds bring rain
Time to come down, build that shelter
tunnel into clay, a drainpipe for breathing
So sleepy now
half your brain wants to collapse
If only there was someone
a lullaby, a touch on your shoulder
~ ~ ~
(remembering)
My mum took me and Dennis Bishop
up to the science museum
made a day of it
We stopped in Hyde Park for lunch
and me and Dennis shared a canoe
on the Serpentine
but he kept splashing me
and so I splashed him
and we both ended up drenched
but it was sunny
~ ~ ~
We walk from the banks of the Severn
across a muddy meadow
and up steps to the railtrack.
The clatter and whoosh
of the Chepstow train
surprises us