Just how far would you go? ……… <br /> <br />Fly a thousand kilometres for a friend <br />To have to drive home the selfsame day? ……… <br />No. <br />Thought not – no way. <br /> <br />Sit naked against the slanting rain <br />As a sheltering warmth <br />About a cold-shouldered soul? ……… <br />No. <br />Didn’t think so. <br /> <br />Content to sip vin ordinaire <br />In a world awash with appellation controllée? ……… <br />Hardly. <br /> <br />Be taken for granted <br />Yet grant it no mis-taking? ……… <br />‘You kidding? <br /> <br />Be married in spirit: <br />Short of sixteen, <br />But focused on forever? <br />No. No chance. <br />Never. <br /> <br />Say: “Come with a guitar <br />And the clothes on your back <br />And we’ll make it” … and mean it. <br />Forget it! <br /> <br />…. But then your name’s not Ellen, is it? ....<br /><br />Tony Jolley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/thought-not/
