Thursday, 13 May 2021

UNDER THE CLOCK

 

Suited and booted he sat waiting there

Perched on the edge of his seat, restless

He sat watching the great clock hands moving

Slowly as they ticked off the minutes

His palms sweated and his heart pounded

As he waited beneath the great clock face

He asked himself “what was he doing”?

A blind date what was he thinking, madness

He was too old for blind dates far too old

Why did he agree, what would they talk about

He wasn’t young, he wasn’t cool, he was

More Wilson Philips than Wilson picket

But there she was not too young and lovely

His mouth was dry and he felt a bit faint

“I was terribly nervous about tonight”

She said putting him straight at his ease

She slipped off her coat effortlessly

With an easy grace and elegance

When he took off his coat, he hit his arm

On the wall, hit a woman on the back

And knocked over a lamp, she laughed

Sympathetically and she bad him sit

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