PUBSESSION

Sat on a barstool in front of a beer
She waits at the table to meet her friend Tom.
To be perfectly honest she’d rather not hear
The sound of his voice as he does bollock on!
It’s too late to leave, as he’s just gotten here -
She hopes this pub session will not last too long;
Today is the first time they’ve met for a year
And she thinks, ‘Will be midnight before I am gone!’

He has many problems: his course, job and car,
Leaving out nothing - his half finished play.
His lack of a love life? He takes it too far!
She always stops listening, she reckons, half way

It’s hard to be friendly, to stand up and greet
Someone you’d rather ignore and not meet.

K. Ashworth (2010)