early autumn morning thought
you heard your footsteps
coming back to meet you
the faulty street light clicks
buzzes & hums a new tune
in front of the Hôtel de l'Avenir
the duck standing just out of sight in the fog
where an empty sports shop still promises
new away kit now available
it's the kind of day
when new people are conceived
by the universe are born
or die forever twist the knife
in distant strangers or enrol on courses
called things like Yoga for Begonias
for a moment it looked as though
the world could be unpacked
from all our damaged cases
& cleared from all these shredded papers
dishonoured contracts
stained canticles
& left out all night to shine among us
luminous mist suspending
the tree's last wet apple
while somewhere electrical
Sonny Rollins
live in Toulouse
plays
More than You Know
Norfolk October 2008