One for the TLS By Jim Higo

I'm stood with the halfway liners At the old Den. We're discussing fights and human rights And if the famous F Troop studied Zen. I wait for Solidarnosc To turn into a word; And wonder, If all the silent Ps ganged up And formed a group, Would they make themselves heard?

I dined with Epicurus, He really liked his food. But how, If pleasure is the only goal worth aiming for, Can I be in a mood? I sing along to Taverner, Share a votive antiphon. I put it on when friends are round, And I wish that they had gone. I travelled up to Greenock, to find the real John Galt. But sadly, The "ochs" and "ayes" were "for sures" and high fives, So I bought me a Jack Daniels malt.

I bought a handmade patchwork quilt At a craft fair once, in Rome. For friends, I'll get it from the loft, When I want them to go home. I was taking the New York subway When Rothko got on with a book. I enquired; All that Colour-field rubbish you churned out, Was it a result of the drugs that you took? I've got a book on the EEC By a bloke called Roger Gough, I read it out when friends are round, And I want them to fuck off.

© 2005 Jim Higo

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