#brianpatten

Mother,

I won't be home this evening, so

don't worry; don't hurry to report me missing.

Don't drain the canals to find me,

I've decided to stay alive, don't

search the woods, I'm not hiding,

simply gone to get myself classified.

Don't leave my Shreddies out,

I've done with security.

Don't circulate my photograph to society

I have disguised myself as a man

and am giving priority to obscurity.

It suits me fine;

I have taken off my short trousers and put on long ones, and

now am going out into the city, so

don't worry; don't hurry to report me missing.

I've rented a room without any curtains

and sit behind the windows growing cold,

heard your plea on the radio this morning,

you sounded sad and strangely old ....

& sometimes you want to speak to her

& then you do not want to speak

Then the opportunity has passed

& sometimes it happens that you're loved

& then you're not loved

& love is past

& whole days are lost

& sometimes it happens that you're friends

& then you're not friends

& friendship has passed

& whole days are lost