i’ve taken to reading
bukowski

war all the time

i don’t deserve what they have
[page 41]

& i want to
want to
keep it that way

but

that little girl climbing the steps up 2 the platform this morning
she’d just learnt how 2 do it
her beautiful little skirt
her sensible scarf that guarded against the wind

hmmm…

such a good father
u cd tell just by looking at them

she was so beautiful that little girl

i cdn’t stop looking at her
kept on smiling like an idiot
til i started 2 feel like a pervert

& thought i’d better pretend 2 read my serious book on semiotics