that
night I made noodle soup
one
of the great dishes of the world
coriander
chilli fish sauce fish balls
soya
pork bones garlic and the rest
we
ate it
and
the sesame rice balls with icecream
and
we drank lager
pale
noodles in the hot dark soup
crunchy
green and white pak choi
2
quid a kilo from the chinese store
chopsticks
flicking under the lightbulb
someone
else watching TV
and
the chilli and cold beer
talk
of people at work
and
all the usual stuff
it
took all night
which
stressed me out
but
just before sleep I thought
being
stuck here is really ok
we
could have been anyone then
on
a street or in a bare room
anywhere |