You’re not qualified enough
by your distrust of cocaine
and an ageing disinterest
in disreputable bedrooms
Stay in – keep it straight
and look after your kids –
make sure good things
happen on time for them
whilst others party
wearing white moustaches –
All those kissing cousins
bringing elephants into
relatives’ sitting rooms –
ones already disturbed
by dementia’s whisking
of related recollections
You will find a distance
in your moved-to postcode –
in new waiting rooms –
and by flexing your dignity
