A SKY OF STARS 1974

A BOY AND GIRL OVERSEAS ON A CAMPING TRIP IN 1974

And Dalya  met me
at the burger bar
at the last base camp

guess it
had to come
to an end

and next week
we're back
to our real lives

back in the UK
and work and stress
and this will be

but a memory
she said
yes I guess so

I said
but what a memory
right back

to two weeks ago
when we met
you and me

and your brother
and the rest
of the crowd

and that Yank dame
in Germany
and the crowded

mini bus
and the booze
and the smokes

and loud music
at the camps
and putting up

and taking down
of the tents
after each base camp

I could stay out here
she said
I could darn well

get a job out here
and say goodbye
to home

but you know
what we're like
not too adventurous

too safe
too cowardly
she added

hey and that time
we first
got it together

and the Yank dame
was having it away
with the Aussie

and you said
I'm not sleeping alone
and you didn't

and she laughed
and said
and that bottle of booze

and in the morning
it was there empty
as a spend drift's purse

and she kissed me
and we bought
two burgers and fries

and drank at other bars
and walked off
beneath a sky of stars.

Reviews

[Quill]

sounds like you had a lot of fun

[Terry Collett]

Thank you, Arnold