“Remember me?”

Surprised, I turned around, and saw my reflection beckoning from the mirror into which I”d just stared. The eyes were more red than a moment ago, and it seemed as if my reflection had suffered even less sleep than I had recently. But this wasn’t really much of a concern, and as my eyes made contact with themselves my legs made it clear that they wanted no part in this reunion.

“You can’t reun, you know. How can you possibly avoid your own reflection?”

A poem I found, written by my friend Si. Reproduced without his permission in case it provokes him into getting into contact. Bwa ha ha.

My docs

My docs were too tight.
I bought them last week
and thought they were right.

But I had to stand less
‘Cos when I tried walking
I felt my toes press

Up hard at the end.
They’d have to break in
Or buckle or bend

I kidded myself.
Those doc’s were too small
They were bad for my health.

So I took a sharp knife
And cut off my toes.
My docs feel alright
But my feet are killing me.

November 1995