
It lives but a moment
Gloriously colour’d
Water soap and air

It lives but a moment
Gloriously colour’d
Water soap and air

Rain has fallen early
Wet footpaths glistening
Strollers walk briskly

Doggies out walking
On Kensington streets
Saturday early morning

Gothic towers glow
In the grey midnight gloom
London sleeps silently

Ev’ry rain drop
Creates a ring of rippling
Wet but of quite short life

Huge steel hoops
Over tracks leading westwards:
Paddington rail terminus

A bird flies past the Bard
No sonnet for the gull
Will thaw this statue
Statue of William Shakespeare at Leicester Square, London

Freezing windy rain falls
Yet flowers are blooming
Soon spring approacheth

Array’d on a leaf
Treats with many tastes:
A nice Indian thali

Cross the high wall
At your own risk, boldly:
Maybe you will regret it
Some years ago, some youngsters were messing around on their motorbikes late at night on the empty Old Airport Road that passes several military compounds. When they were stopped by the police, they dismounted and scattered in all directions. One youngster leapt over a wall and into the garden of the local commander’s bungalow. When challenged by a guard, he kept running. The guard shot him dead.