Regent Street

September 4, 2018/in Poems /by ian

I last walked down Regent Street
On a cool autumn’s night
Legging it with English friends
In muted lamplight

From Leicester Square
Past Piccadilly and Eros
The street deserted
The shop windows numinous

Their winter displays
Coats
Hats
Scarves
A frozen world
Wondrous by half

A flying visit
A surreal tableau
The charisma of London
In an opulent glow

How different it was today
Muggy
Grey
An unbroken wall of people
Marching
The drab reality of a
Resolute crowd
Shopping