AROUND THE RESERVOIR

TWICE ROUND JACKIE'S "O" THE

END OF MY BLOCK (DECEPTIVELY

WIDER THAN LONGER) = MY 1 HR'S

WORTH OF EXERCISE @ DAWN

OR DUSK I WALK, NEVER RUN

HATE RUNNING, HATE RUNNERS

ROCKETING FORWARD, MOST

LOOK TERRIBLE, HIPS TICK TOCKING,

ELBOWS JUTTING, JABBING, FUCKED-

UP FOOT FALLS ILL-PLACED, UNHEALTHY

(NO TIME TAKEN) EITHER CLOTHES

TOO SPORTY OR TOO SHABBY,

SWEATING, HEAVING, MUSICMAKERS,

WATER-BOTTLES, FANNY-PACKS

HANGING, DRAGGING. BREATHLESS

CONVERSATIONS: MEN BUSINESS,

WOMEN GOSSIP. PERFUMED, BLOWDRIED

BEAUTIES TIGHTLIPPED SILENCE.

YOUNG'UNS DATING. SAME SHIT YOU'D HEAR

ANY RESTAURANT, ANY NIGHT.

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G.A.Mackenzie

17 - VII - 2003