Desmond had decided to visit a charity shop

As he had seen a book in the window

It was as he was purchasing this book

That the assistant a lad of about twenty

Told him that he had a good British accent

Which was nice as he had difficulty in understanding others

Desmond who was English apart from a Spanish line

Thanked the boy and said that he had enjoyed the compliment

He suspected that the young man suffered from Asperger’s Syndrome

Which mattered little to him as he had appreciated the gentle exchange

Like me Desmond was a poet who did not like reading his work aloud

He preferred that his poems were read quietly with little or no theatre

And rather disliked Performance or Slam Poetry which he considered vulgar

His partner Jane disagreed with him saying that poetry had no boundaries

Desmond was considering this when he noticed that there were two moons in song