TOUCH OF MALAGA 1970

A BOY AND GIRL AT A BASE CAMP IN MALAGA IN 1970

That base camp at Malaga
tents and bars
and a wash-house

and showers
and best of all
of course

(after the bogs
and showers)
was the bar

and Miriam said
there's a disco tonight
at this place

you coming?
of course
why not

as long as you're here
and there's booze
I said

so we went
and it was hot
and there was too

many bodies dancing
(or such as
it was called)

and you had to fight
your way to the bar
through tides of people

in all kinds of clothing
and body smells
and hair styles

and girls with too much b**b
so it blocked your way
and then once you got

to the bar you had
to make the bar keeper
understand your language

and if he could hear
through the din
of disco music

you eventually
got your drinks
and Miriam was over

in a corner at a table
she hogged
from some French guys

and she said
some guy pinched my arse
did he bring it back?

I said
she snorted through her nose
bringing up the last

drop of coke
I'm seriously
she said

sorry about that
and gave her her drink
and sipped my

rum and coke
and looked around the place
to see who may

have pinched her arse
but there were
too many bodies

dancing away
and chugging about
so I sat and said

I guess you have
a cute arse
and someone needed

to touch it to see
if it was real
maybe so

she said
but it's
my arse still.