ON ADRIAN MITCHELL’S ANSWERPHONE
(in loving memory of Adrian Mitchell, 1932-2008)
On Adrian Mitchell’s answerphone:
bells ring,
birds sing,
saxophones
swing!
On Adrian Mitchell’s answerphone:
Blake works a miracle,
Big Ben sounds hysterical,
the world waxes lyrical!
On Adrian Mitchell’s answerphone:
the passwords sigh,
the terrorists cry,
the children fly!
On Adrian Mitchell’s answerphone:
leave plenty of love
after the tone!
KEITH ARMSTRONG
*a poem written in the late nineteen eighties
