In The Poetry

This is a film poem, and I imagine Lance Percival in the lead role.

Interlude for Xylophone, Banjo and Trumpet

He sits on a sofa, smoking a joint. The phone starts to ring.
It’s for you, says his flatmate, just out of the bath.
He strays to the window and talks with his back turned.
Got a part for [...]

When I first read Pauline Reage, in fact, her real name was Anne Desclos, ‘The Story of O’, it had a really great impact on me – I was very impressed and moved by it. And I remember feeling at the time that I would like to write something that went in a similar way [...]