So I go strolling<\/p>\n
And it isn’t very long before I find<\/p>\n
I’m in a place I don’t belong<\/p>\n
I wandered down this alley because I’d switched off all my thinking<\/p>\n
And now I’m here I understand that I’m figuratively sinking<\/p>\n
Why else would I be on a muddy river bank?<\/p>\n
If not to wallow as I wander. Look through the water dank.<\/p>\n
It swirls so dark before me, cold, unfriendly, thick and grim<\/p>\n
And I can’t help but wonder if I’m going to just sink in .<\/p>\n
And then I see them sitting, coloured umbrellas in a row<\/p>\n
With men lined up in uniformity, sitting cosy below<\/p>\n
They’ve boxes and they’ve lunches and they’ve snacks and they’ve solitude<\/p>\n
And I certainly shan’t disturb them. That would just be rude.<\/p>\n
But I find irony and humour in this crazy juxtaposition<\/p>\n
I wandered here so black of heart, and these guys are simply fishin’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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