In Janine’s favour

      Friday night

            Charleston SC

                        Zip 29401

I don't believe you

      You said

            suddenly

      apprehended

            tears already

      streaming your cheeks

It is a brief moment

      we both can see the

            feet - yards -poles

      chains - furlongs - miles

            leagues and yes

      whole hectares too

            between us

      with style

I turn away

      granite faced

            mind set

      consciously a whirl

            what more

Is there to say

            what more?

I've said it

      but for - well - a few

            unanswered

                        questions

      Ah then - down

I suppose to the usual

            grand gesture

      flick - flick

            the hankie

      then its pissed

            as per habit

      The Blue Boar

            by the castle

      opposite the cinema

            and fire station

In the High Street

            Rhythms

      mechanical sounds

            expansive - dulled

      leaving inadequacy

            black alleys

      orange lit

            grey morning

In straight streets

      a slight question

            poorly timed

      still goes unanswered