Making gentle pornography
Went to Wakefest yesterday afternoon to see local author/musician Phil Jenkins and friends at Kaffe 1870. In his introductory remarks Phil made mention of the Liverpool poets. I’m grateful to him for this because it prompted me to search them out, and find this gem called Party Piece, by Brian Patten:
He said:
‘Let’s stay here
Now this place has emptied
And make gentle pornography with one another,
While the partygoers go out
And the dawn creeps in,
Like a stranger.
Let us not hesitate
Over what we know
Or over how cold this place has become,
But let’s unclip our minds
And let tumble free
The mad, mangled crocodile of love
So they did,
There among the woodbines and guinness stains,
And later he caught a bus and she a train
And all there was between them then
was rain.
August 31st, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Poignant.