I see myself in a photo of
years ago and the people,
(Where are they now?) that
once stood with me are gone
and I am here and the years
have vanished, and this younger
face saw the world then not as
I see it now, for this skin and
bones that I have dragged through
the world has seen much and
lost more and I look at the photo
with a snigger and half a smile.

16/2/2025