The fret’s returned
soon the windows
will need
to be cleaned again
to wash off
all the limescale
and bird shit
We’ve ended up
flicking from channel
to channel
avoiding
the Third Reich’s
home movies
and a programme
about some thespian
on the hunt
for a brand new cock
On one channel
a strumpet
with her right hand
pleasures a gaoler
while the inmates giggle
to themselves
the harlot sighs
with resigned desperation
a mild excitement
overcomes me
I feel
the free floating guilt
think of the explosions
In Beirut
protests in Belarus
fortunately
I remain limp
soon it will be
another episode
of Celebrity Gogglebox
