A Mod's Dream

A Mod's dream

Tight jeans and
Zoot suits
Pencil streak narrow ties
The care for one's hair
A must the cheap comb
In a pocket and
Sunglasses always sunglasses
Pinups and pinball
Blues, yes, blues
Quaaludes Uppers Downers
Washed down
With lager
Nights without sleep
Clubs and pubs
And girls always girls
the Who the Kinks the Yardbirds
A revolution in
Music an escape from
Suffocation
In homes where
Even the staircase
Is too narrow for
Spreading wings
Shiny new scooters
Streaming proud foxtails
Bar fights beach fights
Brighton on the weekend
Smashing up burghers and
Rockers and the dream of
A life in a semi-detached box

October 2005