The epiphany came during a day at the cinema.

Not like the one in which the iron nearly hissed

and spewed out all manner of expletives

as I realised that I had escaped and was now safe,

nor the one behind the bar

one evening as the slops of Guinness,

the foam of a wasted pint

and the mix of running tap water

congealed to make tar like mess,

the unfiltered keyboard with all the letters missing,

as I realised to be free, first I had to walk out the door…