'Oh wall!
I'm amazed you haven't
collapsed
under the weight of drivel
you're holding up! '
the graffiti laughs
in self mockery.
'Happy the man
who is sleeping with you
tonight.
I'd be much happier
If I were! '
another wall
talks to itself
jealously.
'You ask, beautiful girl
how many kisses I've snatched?
I've snatched these ones and...
I'm not the only one to do so.'
yet another wall
kisses 'n' tells
in a red on yellow voice.
In the silence
the wallls are shouting
(a babble of voices)
Time is smiling.
'I came here.
Had a shag
- then I went home! '
another announced
in a who-gives-a-f**k manner.
'Lucius is stuffing it
into Caesu's mouth
a drunken scrawl
pronounces
amongst the inns of
THE ELEPHANT...THE LITTLE EAGLE
THE MERCURY