Now Birthdays

(for Dan and with apologies to Calvin Harris)

He sings in the car - winds down
the window, lights a fag - mobile
never silent long - he's making deals,
plans "I've got love for you
If you were born in the 80's. The 80's"
Northern Line, Tottenham Court Road?
There are yearly photographs
they pose with cakes
now he puts his brother on speaker phone
"I've got love for you
if you were born in the 80's. The 80's"
He'll owe me the fare
til he gets paid - sets off
along the platform
with that loose hipped walk.