If I am not now

If I am not now

Was I ever

What does it mean

For the life of me

I don't know

Other than when

You are not

The lack of it

Can sound scarier

Than a pub with no beer

Or a real meal deal

For one

In or not

In the mood

For dancing

Naked on a fire barge

In the middle of a river

Walking a tightrope

Over the Thames

From St Pauls

To the Tate Modern

Bungy jumping

In New Zealand

Yomping across Iceland

In a snowstorm

Is that going

Commando?

Not just a big band tune

Or a call to arms

More a dismissal

A denial

Of intent

To participate

A brush off

Brooking no argument

Simulated indifference

Designed to obscure

Meaning

When the truth

Is more hazardous

Than a minefield

Of damp squibs

Or Prawn Cocktail

From a cold buffet

At a seventies night

Not in the mood

For making love

Writing

Rhyming

Or worse

Not in the mood for

Blank verse.