CONVERSATION ON A HARBOUR WALL

    CONVERSATION ON A HARBOUR WALL     TIM WILLIAMS      SEPT. 2014

IN FISHGAURD THERE IS A HARBOUR WALL
YOU CAN WALK ALONG FOR ABOUT HALF A MILE,
WITH THE SEA ON BOTH SIDES,
IT FEELS LIKE YOUR WALKING ON WATER
LIKE DYNAMO THE MAGICIAN , JUST WALKING 
TO IRELAND OUT TO SEA.
 AT THE END OF THIS WALL I MET A COUPLE
OF HOLIDAY MAKERS FROM CORNWALL,
WE GOT TO TALKING FIRSTLY DOGS, THEN
MORE SERIOUS STUFF LIKE RUGBY AND
DEADLY ILLNESS' AND EVENTUALLY A 
BRAG OFF ON MOST PAINFULL OPERATIONS,
I THINK THAT WAS A DRAW, US OLDER MEN
HAVE THE STRANGEST CONVERSATION'S
AT LEAST I SEEM TO THESE DAYS, HE WAS
A CANCER SURVIVOR , LATER HE SHOOK MY
HAND AND WISHED ME LUCK, YOU CAN FIND 
A CANCER SURVIVOR EVERYWHERE THESE DAYS,
EVEN WHEN THERE ARE FIVE PEOPLE ON A
HARBOUR WALL TWO OF THEM ARE CANCER SURVIVORS
AND ONE OF THE TWO WANTS TO BE AGAIN,
IN THE WORDS OF BOB DYLAN " THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN' ".