Astra

Men sitting round a table
Talking about stars
Black holes and galaxies
Wormholes and quasers
Quatuum physics, feng shui
Gravity wells, Waverider
The speed of light, Einstein.

And all the time we sip
Bitter coffee flavoured with
The milk Duncan brought
Talking as we ought.

And outside people pass
Girls with girls men with
Women, women in Sari's
And inside, while talking
Of other worlds beyond
Andy Nimmo
Keeps an anxious eye on
His bike in case someone
Nicks it.

A.H.