Halford's Car Park (Shooting Stars)

Lines written in the garden at the end of a hot day involving a trip to a retail park. East Kent, 18 May 2014.

Was it my Arts degree

And laboured First

My unquenched thirst

For paintings and poetry

That so disqualifies me

And sets me apart

From those who hanker to be

In Halford’s auto spares car park.

Yet oh, to swagger, and chew the fat

With a couple of swells

And mini-skirted girls

How I’d like that.

To talk about a turbo

And tinker with cars

To know as much as they know

And keep on counting shooting stars.