AN OBSERVATIONAL POEM OF A SAD OLDER MAN - DINING ALONE - SAME TIME - SAME TABLE IN THE SAME RESTAURANT EACH WEEK DAY - ARRIVING AND GRUDGINGLY LEAVING BY TAXI.

POEM = LUNCH AND LONELY

A PARODY  OF A TYPE OF POEM BY DYLAN THOMAS - COMPERING THE SANITY OF MY OWN FATHER - WHO I COMPARE HAS STABILITY HAS I DESCENDED INTO ANOTHER BLACK-DOG BOUT OF DEEPEST DEPRESSION - OVERWHELMED BY THE HELPLESS DEPTH OF ANXIETY - FEAR - MORTALITY - SHEER DESPERATION


NOT LIKE FATHER THIS SON

A POEM ABOUT THE HOLY DOVE -OUR IMAGE - ICONIC WORLDWIDE IMAGE OF PEACE
THESE JOURNEYS REPRESENT THE EXTENT THAT FAITH AND PRAY SHOULD ACCOMPANY THESE BEAUTIFUL BIRDS HAS THEY VISIT - TRY TO VISIT TOO MANY PLACES

THE NEXT ' LENT' ' FLIGHT WILL BE HOPEFULLY A MORE CONSTRUCTIVE - 'ARAB SPRING'

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