Soundtrack of the spring was Brand New Day -
Van and crew, uplifted, in light-filled convalescence -
Office Removal casuals - driven at dawn down Regent Street
Or hurtling over Westway, dangling, laughing, waving
Like partisans on Liberation Day.
Driver Len, with lurid wartime anecdotes,
McAllister, man-mountain - known to the police -
Andy, actor - so he tells us - yawning, brushing hair back,
And the bouncy Irish bluesman whose uncle once met Yeats -
Lounging languidly, apparently, and wearing a cravat -
And interrupting anecdotes
The boss, ex-military, Hampstead class,
Brisk, arrogant, immaculate -
Theatrically bursting out from camouflage
To roar at any riff-raff standing still -
Or hurtling over Westway, dangling, laughing, waving
Like partisans on Liberation Day.
Driver Len, with lurid wartime anecdotes,
McAllister, man-mountain - known to the police -
Andy, actor - so he tells us - yawning, brushing hair back,
And the bouncy Irish bluesman whose uncle once met Yeats -
Lounging languidly, apparently, and wearing a cravat -
And interrupting anecdotes
The boss, ex-military, Hampstead class,
Brisk, arrogant, immaculate -
Theatrically bursting out from camouflage
To roar at any riff-raff standing still -
