Stepney, London, E1, November 1996
From the beginning I was with someone
Together we explored the marshmallow wall
And bobbed about in the great expanse
Like two tethered tadpoles
Learning and yearning to live.
As the hours passed by
So the molecules multiplied
And soon you and I were
Developing limbs and things.
But then you, you left me one day.
One day we were hanging around together,
Dangling on our foodpipes
And squabbling for space
And the next, you were gone.
And it was just me.
Me and the great expanse
And the marshmallow walls
And not you, anymore.