My contribution deviates from the George Tooker painting
MAGPIE TALES
REMINDER
A memory brought back into focus,
Vividly.
*
We were young,
We were in love,
We were going to Paris.
What could be more romantic?
*
Britain was drab
In the nineteen-fifties,
Still struggling after The War.
*
The Paris of our dreams
Was vibrant,
Colourful,
Dreamy,
Full of bird-song
And the heart-beats of lovers.
*
We arrived.
*
Immediately
We caught the Metro.
(Was it called that?)
*
What an anti-climax!
*
The carriages were full of
Damp,
Beige,
Downcast,
Servile-looking people
Going to work.
*
No Romance!
No Lovers!
No Eternal Spring!
*
Our holiday improved.
*
But I shall never forget
The disappointment.
*
------------------------------------------------------------------------
DAWN FLUSH
The ceiling echoes
The pink flush of dawn outside.
I wake with new hope.
*
