How are you Joe
I am feeling like shit
Why
I had the fucking flu jab
You were singing about Berlin
I often sing about Berlin
Why
Yesterday I went to Sandgate
I found my parents old house
In the High Street
They left it in 1909
It was much the same as I remembered it
A rather beautiful woman was painting a wall
She was painting the wall green
It is the colour of mermaids
I gave her a video in a jiffy bag
She kissed me on the cheek
Video
Yes
Did she have a video machine
No
But she had a collection of teapots
Was it a video nasty
Video nasty
Yes such as faggots being anally raped by wild beasts
No it was a recording of the storms that hit Sandgate some years ago
Did your parents like the video
No
Why
Are you wearing a bra Josie
No
I can see your nipples
You have dark nipples
What has that to do with this conversation Joe
Nothing
Why did our parents not like the video
Because they no longer live in the house
They moved some years ago
Was the beautiful woman wearing a bra
I could not tell as she was wearing a sweater
Was she more beautiful than me
I think you know the answer to that question
Why
Because she is your sister
Our sister
Do I have another sister
Yes
I have never noticed that
Who do you think she was
Mrs Robson who lives at number twenty-eight
You have fucked her Joe
You have fucked all your sisters
Berlin
I do not have a sister named Berlin
What about Berlin
I am going to Berlin tomorrow
Are you
Yes
You are not well Joe
I know
Berlin is more fun when you are not well
What do you like about Berlin
The rent boys
That surprises me Joe
Why
Because you hate faggots
You do not think that they are real men
I have purchased a red dress
Are you going to wear it
It is too big for me
Then I shall wear it on my trip
It is likely that you will be attacked or even killed
If there is anything real men dislike more than fags
It is men who wear dresses as they are so fucking perverted
There is a camera is pointing directly toward a source of light
Come again Joe
The camera is pointing directly toward a source of light
Are you trying to say that they are fetishists
Yes I am still rather confused
We had one visit the leisure centre
It changed with us
Its name was Sarah
Did you mind
Yes
Why
Because it turned me on
Was it hard
Yes
What did you do
What do I normally do when I get wet
Dry yourself
Ten
Very much it was a borderline twelve
What happened to Sarah
I rang you
Oh yes
I do not think it will be visiting the leisure centre again
Why
Because the disabled facilities are poor
Joe
Josie
Why do you have you such an attraction to rent boys
Because I like the sea
Josie is confused
Rent boys in my world are faggots who sell their bodies and spread disease
Joe is confused
In my world they are navigational aids often illuminated that you see at sea
The authorities in their wisdom rent them out to Joe’s like me
Why
Because I like the sea and its navigational aids
Mine is called Richard
It is popular name in the world of navigational aids
Why did you not name it after me
Because it has very pale nipples unlike you
Navigational aids do not have nipples
Nor do they wear gossamer shirts
They do
You are delirious Joe
I am worried about my flu jab Joe
I do not want to grow wings
I want you to complete this poem Joe
Why
Because it will be banned
Why
Because you are taking aim with a faulty scatter gun
As you often do
You upset people
Fuck them
This poem ends now Joe
Sit down and close your eyes
I can close my eyes standing up
Sit down and you will dream sweet dreams
Dreams about late summer roses
That are still bright in Oktober
October
No Oktober