October Snow 26/10/24

Senior Beer

My round or yours?

I’m happy to but you’re three zeros up.

What will you have?

Preferably something younger than I am,

or water.

Don’t want to overcook the night.

Are you in that meeting tomorrow?

Ah,

it’s with you.

Forgive me, I’ll just refill this pint from a vein.

So how’s the kids, the wife?

Unmarried.

I’m sure I knew that.

Maybe sometime soon?

Let's switch rope before I totter.

I’m sweating again.

Oh you see someone you know?

For the best,

my flapping was taking me airborne.

Always a pleasure,

I’ll be human next time.

The Last In The Box

Who told you it wouldn’t last?

That summer days went cold,

that friends moved on.

A memory never ends,

it just makes way for the next,

and waits again for your visit.

Each sunset forecasts another sunrise,

We should merely toast each as they come.

Screen

I wandered in a cinema,

enamored in colour,

drunk on silver myths.

Chasing a high in crowded rooms,

another addict burning late nights,

ignoring full days.

Catching the tale of a dragon, 

the call of the void,

meeting a thousand old flames,

and a million new friends. 

Watching endless lives more forgiving than my own.