after Dean Young
I don’t care…
if you have
learnt all of the ‘popular’
bits of Shakespeare in order
to appear
more roundedly intellectual
than you actually are
or if you once saw a cloud
that looked like a bucket of
gladioli
or you’re ambidextrous,
but only in one hand,
or how tall you are
or whether you prefer
the burnt orange bedspread
or you have too many pairs
of cheap reading glasses
or whatever tiddlywinks team
you claim to support
or if very blue
is your favourite colour
or if you really did meet
Alan Watts on the road to
Damascus
or if you escaped from
Alcatraz
for your summer holiday
or which wretched school you
went to
or if you can’t watch a sunset
without running for cover
or anything that you could
possibly think of…
You can’t park here.
