MARTIN JERVIS
A Very Ordinary Room
A very ordinary room
The crossed parangs point
To a union jack clock
Egging an opuntia off the sill
Onto bare floorboards
Into a pile of chimney back soot.
What a bastard!
Above the pygmy crafted drum
With no message to beat
The frightening African mask
Has lost its terror
As the wallpaper shows
Through the eyes
Of the charcoal face.
Although the wallpaper is terrifying!
The wooden spoon stirs
In the soft glazed German stein
Clamping the rancid lid
On the turning beer.
Two weeks old!
Under the four colour amateur
Painting of no value
The bookcase stands dusty.
Where are the books?
There is a book of Shelley
Under the aftershave lotion.
It’s a lone visitor!
Familiarity can be soothing,
A balm when the world is strange.
It’s a very ordinary room!
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