Country Pub
Before this evening’s
swell of punters fill
empty wooden tables
we solemn few near-sober
slow pint daytime drinkers
take our lost afternoon
over equal measures
of flat beer and crisps
as that occasional hour hand
slogs around to grind out time
in this low muttering pub –
until intuition says Go now –
before those commuters
turn up to sip more bullshit