It hasn’t been all fun and games

along the way, the Progressive

Highway, the Punk Lane, Rock

Avenue, the odd Pop cul-de-sac

and runway Metal, the plane landing often

over the moped of forgotten misses

and lesser hits; it hasn’t been all fun

and games but for a thousand

nights the electricity

has kick started my heart

and made it thump

more than a kiss from

an English Rose

or Maple Leafed Lavender Girl.

It hasn’t been all fun and games

however, it has been the finest

of a life hiding in the scales.

Ian D. Hall 2016