The Sandringham Hotel
We walk to the pub and
Order our beers we do not know
Which is which but we drink
To the future, or to the past
Anyway. When the man
At the table next to us says
Something to us about Proust
I turn to him and say So
You have read Proust then?
He says Yes but I am unconvinced
I say I will believe you if you tell me
He is on your coffee table but
I will not believe you if you tell me
You have read all of him.
Well the man is adamant
And talks and talks and talks and
I try to return to my friend but
He talks and talks and talks and
I think If you had read Proust
You wouldn’t have so many
God damned things
Left to say.