London Memories


Two Scottish lasses with "champagne"
in plastic glasses on the train.
Cocktails mixed in plastic flasks.
Buttons fixed. (No, please don't ask).

Unions on strike. Undergound hops.
Too much to like in jewellery shops.
Christmas lights.  Busy streets.
Woolly tights.  Aching feet.

French bakery. Croques madames.
Brand fakery.  Too many prams.
Trying on hats.  Rain pouring down.
Waving at cats in Chinatown.

The V & A. Grayson Perry.
An art filled day – Eclectic? Very!
Theatre stages.  Foil squares
from “Rock of Ages” in our hair.

Sleeping with the window open
(Heating in the room is broken).
This is how I will remember
Our trip to London in December.