Before the Dentists

The car crash and the robbery were stlil to come
as were the seven visits to the dentists
in three weeks

and the dead dalmation.
But at the time, with the carpets almost dry
and they break up behind him
Ashley had started sleeping better at night
and stopped getting so annoyed
during advert breaks

and at the sound of people whistling.
One evening he sat in a friend's garden
listening to Bob Dylan records
and thought that life couldn't get any better.