I painted the begging platform red today

I had been meaning to do this for a number of months

I have just watched a Canadian film on television

Things will never be the same again

 

The Burning Lake

Flannahan’s sister has been known to dance topless

In the yard of the bungalow that I own

I have never been there when she has danced

But I have been told that she does this

In the fading hours before sunset

 

When I questioned her about this she denied

That she had ever danced topless

In front of my bungalow

But accepts that she has done so

In front of the burning lake