Put A Penny In The Slot
Fionn Regan
The End Of History
I apologise,
seem to have arrived,
On what items in my bag from your house.
There's cutlery,
a tablecloth, some Hennessy
And a book on Presidents deceased.
I'll have them fed-exed to you
It was a strange thing to do
I hope we can still be friends.
Ah, it was not me
but someone else, you see
Twisting the steering reins.
Put a penny in the slot and make an
artificial li-ii-iight shine
Leave go-ooo. Mark old and line.
I don't give advise
But be wise and think twice,
Before getting involved in a game.
Where the minority
Face the majority
Who are faceless and born without names.
Was it knock synch when
we came across three men
They had church candles wrapped in newspaper.
I bought two from them,
And I'll lit one for you
I hope the message made it's way down the wire.
Put a penny in the slot and make an
artificial li-ii-iight shine
Leave go-ooo. Mark old and line.
The soul of a dog,
he's alive and not gone
To the farm like the others said.
A Rhodesian richback
Off the beaten track
In a furniture shop down on the quays.
For the lonliness you foster
I suggest Paul Oster
A book called Timbuktu.
Put a penny in the slot and watch the
Drunken sailor boy dance.
She will not let you be
Her lov-ver.
She goes out looking for
The taxi.
Her phone is ringing straight to
Message-minder.
Send out a battalion to
Find her.
Put a penny in the slot and count the
Swans through a te-elescope.
I can't help from cryin'[!--empirenews.page--]
I wish you were mine.
When I was seventeen
I followed my dream
Up into a high-rise block.
The adventures of Augie March
By Saul Bel-low
Was all I had for company.
At night time I'd lie
In Beckingham pike
With tears like flashbulbs.
And recall my treasure
Searching days
In the rock pools as a kid.
To the remains of
The cherub plains
Or around the bonfire in Nailors ...