Homeward Bound

Twenty years back

Staggering homeward

Several pints down

A session with Kenny

Which was far too many

Whisky flask in my jacket

Thinking I could hack it

My Walkman choices

Drown out the voices,

I listen to ‘A Minor Place’*

A song which I reckon has a maudlin face,

If songs had faces rather than tunes

‘Seek and Destroy’ casts up the runes, *

Screaming guitars as I reach my door

Swearing that I’ll never drink no more.

Once in my flat , the room is spinning,

As midlife for me was beginning!

*‘A Minor Place’ is a song by Bonny Prince Billy, from his album ‘ I See a Darkness ‘and ‘Seek and Destroy’ is by Metallica, from their ‘Kill ‘Em All’ album. I had these recorded on cassettes back in the day, in the days of  the Sony Walkman.