Easy Listening

 

Easy listening, Trafalgar pub, Moseley, Birmingham

Mirror balls slowly revolving, lit by musty beams

Ellipses of light in uneven lines criss-cross the dark room

Racing to the corners, dawdling across the walls

Like children playing musical chairs.

 

Lisa DJ, earphones preparing, absorbed and happy

Black Beauty brings green fields into a smokey bar

Bottle-jammed candles illuminate pale faces

Alternative scene, way out, at home

Sunday night mellow, brief unison.