I once found myself on Bewdley Railway Station
Waiting for a steam train
How I had got there was a mystery to me
The last thing I can remember was being at church fete
Dressed as Joan Jett and buying ceramics from a Destroy China Stall
Indeed on the seat next to me was a Wade whiskey barrel and an Edwardian rose
Were you on drugs Anna
No as you know I have never taken drugs
Funny fags
No
Too much booze
No
Were you fucking anyone
Not that I can remember
Outlaw
Fuck off I am in Lima
What are you doing there
Waiting for the 76 bus what do you think
Outlaw
I am offline Anna
Just chat to Jasmine Tea
I find her hard to find
Just listen for her couplets in the trees
Then make music with the birds and bees
How long will you be away
Till September or maybe longer
Outlaw
Anna
Will you clear up the Bewdley Railway Station mystery for Anna
For what reason
Because it is worrying her
She was fucking Lima
Outlaw
Outlaw where the fuck are you
FUCK FUCK FUCK
Who are shouting at Anna
Outlaw
Why
I was asking about you and the railway station
What did he say
He said you were fucking Lima
Who is Lima
I do not have a clue
He said that was the reason you were at the station
I was naked but dressed as Joan Jett Anna
Were you dreaming Anna
No
I was wide awake
Were you naked Anna
Yes
I was naked but dressed as Joan Jett Anna
This conversation is going nowhere Anna
I am telling the truth
Did nobody come up to you
Yes
Yes what
Yes a cop came up to me as he thought I was a time traveller like Viola
What did he ask
He asked me for my name
Did you tell him
Yes
What he do
He arrested me
For what reason
Because of my name
Anna what is wrong with Anna
Nothing
So why did he arrest you
Because of my name
Anna
Yes
What is today’s date
The 25th of June 2022
Where do we live
By the sea
But where by the sea
Kingsdown
Where is Outlaw
In Peru
Who is living in his house
Jasmine Tea
What is so unusual about Jasmine Tea
She is both deaf and dumb
And has the writing skills of a child
There is something else odd about her
Does she come from Peru
That is not my question Anna
I told the cop that my name was Fucking Lima
Fucking Lima was my birth name
You never told me that
I was told not to
By whom
Joan Jett Anna
Anna have you taken something seriously have you taken anything
I stole some butter from the local grocers a couple of years ago
We do not have a grocers shop in Kingsdown as well you know
Anna
I know what you are going to ask
Should Joan Jett
Anna
Share our bed or sleep in the spare room
What can you not see that I am weeping
Yes but weeping is only a useful word to describe an emotion amongst other things
Anna
I have the answer for you
Jasmine Tea is neither deaf nor dumb and has admirable writing skills
Jasmine Tea is Outlaw’s identical twin and only speaks in couplets