Come back come back come back

walking:

a simple question

put it this way

once you’re in these places

they expect you to stay

til you’re better

my own children took to walking straightway

my wife in hospital expecting a child

I walked there four times that day

morning, afternoon, evening

must’ve done 40 miles

now you can’t say I’ve been a lazy person so

far as walking is concerned

put it this way

what changes is you

are seeing four walls day in

out

came here with expectations

put in here, I plunged

to where I am

now

walking:

a simple question, a simple answer

me, wheelchair

lets put it again this way

opportunity is a fine thing

a fine thing is opportunity

a pint and a half of beer a day

my doctor recommended

recommended a little village green

fields, the pub, a walk

dig the allotment

active all my life’s apprenticeship

(walking in the wood at night

by the river way

it’d make a noise like:

come back come back come back

sandpipers

on the side

oh god aye

comes to life that does)

put in here and I’m idle, a passed buck

explain that to me straight

a straight punch

tell the doctors

they will be treated in their late life

like this.

Thomas Weston

31 July 2009