Precious Stones and Canvases

[welsh_rugbyball]

Mr. Swim

His plans are puddles in summer,
and the month of July is smeared 
across the calendar - 
so how to pass the time?
Find solace in the public baths; 
butterfly strokes and goggle-eyes - 
the skin harbouring
a whiff of chlorine.

Shrugging the changing rooms, he jumps
a passenger bus for Salford,
ascending the steps
to the overrun top-deck 
where his

Comments

[pygmyking]

Is this your new nickname?

[welsh_rugbyball]

Not at all, I'm still the same old Gaz! I just go swimming every now and then, pulling muscles in my calf and being unable to walk. It's all very good fun.