Monday 26 November 2012

THREE KINGS




three penniless
kings 
with no light 

from 
star 

they 
roam through 
the subway 

under a mantle 
of fog

settled down 

over a town
of hot chestnuts 

and 
punch  

and
the glare 
of 
pre-
christmas shops

hand-me-down 
gents 

three kings 
of the road

now out 
of the cold 

now down
below 

to share
out 
the bottle 

of Stroh*   

and 
pass judgement 

upon their 
new 
coats

the 
depths 

of 
their 
pockets 

the 
lengths 

of 
the 
sleeves 



*Stroh 
a brand of rum popular in Austria

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