Steering lock
So again and again I circle Like a broken retired circus lion Around the issue The issue Life is not like a game of monopoly I used to think That’s absurd So I can’t be bothered with that Then a quarter of a century on I realise that yes it is A board game We need the fence to define the freedom beyond the paddock This is mine Pink blue brown navy Old boot steam iron candlestick Time and space came into existence Together atlasted On the bus timetable of propagated wisdom Sounds clever when you know how I felt certain I was sure Linguistic language Part of the problem was You’ve been paradoxed Up I get at half past six Catch myself in a mirror Park at the station Buy a ticket From the ticket machine Or the one concierge Who will write you one Saves getting the change All the others obey the letter I’ve been tempted to alter The handwritten ticket There lies the vapour But she is leaving us T...