Still thinking about that American girl

On the tube again today going to Shepherds Bush. Walked through the streets, past a few of the old haunts. I couldn’t stop thinking about the American girl I was remembering a couple of days ago. I was living in a flat in Shepherds Bush at the time, and our ghosts were still there, walking the streets, rushing through the alleyways to get back home for more sex…

I was dragged back into the real world outside the Empire [all the ghosts neatly tucked up in bed with a good book] where an old homeless guy was rummaging in a bin for something to eat. He looked up at me as I was walking past, gives me a big smile and says – “It’s all go, innit! It’s all go innit! When you get there…”

And being older now [& wiser?], I think I know where he’s coming from.