LONDON, 1969

LONDON, 1969

Smoking a cigarette on Abbey Road,
As a gorgeous blond goes walking by,
She is the apple of my dreamy eye,
Passing by a wall of brick and brown.
The sunlight permeates the town.

The morning after,
In our college abode,
There are ashtrays full,
Situated next to the revolving record
Which spins on the stereo.
The summer's golden light
Comes in through the window,
Shining bright.

Felicia, Angela, Laura, Brian and John
Sleep after the party,
As the music plays on:
Led Zeppelin, side one;
The glistening, gleaming sun
Finds my beauty
On the sofa, on the leather divan.

I shall kiss her lips
To waken her
In time for class.
From the good, English air
I take splendid, long sips
As Laura leaves for the academic grass.

We awake one and all, thinking of the past,
As down the road four musicians record their last.
Laura must you be so pretty?
I'll smoke another fag.
All classes are a drag.
I think I'll take a walk through the city.

In the summer there are various hues and tones.
Motor cars are parked by the brownstones.
The chords of I Want You stir the green leaves.
Two girls are smoking cannabis
Hiding in the shade,
Beneath wide, Victorian eaves.
And the promises that they made
Fly into the clear, blue sky.

A taxi passes by.

Off to the University;
I shall take Laura's hand in mine.
Prior to our studies we shall buy some ale and wine.
Life is short, you see?-

After lectures on Shakespeare,
Hugo and Schopenhauer,
We pass the heat of the hour
With the sweet taste of Port and beer.

Golden Slumbers pour forth from a building nearby;
Laura wants an autograph.
I gaze up at the sky,
And I begin to laugh.

Two black limousines arrive.
Four men enter from a gated, white enclosure.
They hide from exposure.
They are finished too.
Although their careers still thrive.
Laura wants to marry two.

We return to the cozy, spacious, old flat,
Where Brian sleeps on the floor,
Upon a Persian mat.
Outside it begins to rain,
Throwing silver at our windowpane.
Laura, my love,
We shall meet once more.

~ John Lars Zwerenz

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