Tim Turnbull
The Golden Boys
These are the gilded lads in tweeds and cord,
with Dan Dare hair and lustrous brogues,
who vault into their sports cars with a wave.
They give a toot and speed away toward
some notional future. They’ll misbehave,
of course but are more lovable than rogue.
They never, after all, forget a birthday; just
to send the present or the card or telephone,
and isn’t forgetfulness part of their charm?
It’s only when the real girls come, to dust
and chatter, break the spell, disturb the calm,
these evanescent princes are dethroned.
From exile, though, it isn’t long before
they’re summoned up again, by Bell’s, on bright,
Haze-scented afternoons, glimpsed from windows
carrying flowers. They never reach the door
but flutter at the edge of sight. Their shadows
must be exorcised by Seroxat each night.
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