Weeping Knee

6 Oct

Wednesday night has come around again

I must get myself clean for my weekly return to the mainstream

Swap the outdoors for the indoors

The self-directed for the very much directed

No plans for plans

And collaboration for compliance.

I must scrub my nails, rinse out the smoke and trim my nascent beard

Freshen up my hair and reinstate my parting

Replace the jeans, jumper and boots with an ironed shirt, trousers and shoes

And prepare, once again, for the beautiful but bored

Trapped behind their desks.

Peter Hubery

The river can change its flow