Feb 8 2019
Hastings, UK
You can get sick on cider
And still have a smile on your face
Wash it down with greasy pizza
Imported dough from Italy
Imported company from DFL
Imported hopes and dreams
Inside your rain coat.
And still
Not really know where you are
But that you like
The slight smell of mold
And cigarettes
And wood from a fireplace
And old buildings
And rain
Wandering
Like school children
I could stand in the middle of the street
Looking up
Except that you would save me
From oncoming traffic
So thank you
Each one is good for a pint
And a word
Of wisdom
Or laughter
Or questioning
Noone knows where Colorado is here
But most have heard of California
And for some strange reason
Everyone we meet seems to have lived
In Texas.
Still I treasure most
Coming in from the cold
To old wood and candlelight
To a couple of drunks at the bar
And an apologetic bartender
And a laugh when I say chips
When I mean crisps
And everyone questioning
Should they stockpile baked beans
And canned carrots?
You Americans
Are more familiar with things like this
After all
With the wall and crazies in government
And all that rugged land
And free pot
And guns in the cabinet
And cowboy boots
And violence.
You have been
More on the brink of total and utter collapse
Longer than us here
In Merry Old England
We would think
Old chap?
I dont have the answer
To Brexit dilemmas
And closing borders
And what to do
In the midst
Of total collapse
Of empires
I dont even know how to spell
Loo...Lew...Leui?
I didn't even know
You could get to Paris
By lunchtime
If one leaves right after breakie.
In the face of all this
Random conversation
On dark wood tables
Over candlelight
On barstools
Tasting organic this and that
And gluten free
Pints and ciders
Our big skies
Windswept mesas
Tall mountains
Big ass cars
And fast food
Seem so
Incredibly
Meaningless.
In light of new friends
And possibilities
The world
Is now
Precious
Miniature
Familiar.
Yet at the same time
Incredibly
Indescribably
Imperceptibly
And without words to describe it really
So
Amazingly
Cosmically
Vast.
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