Colin Bell
Time Past

Proust
shrugs:
"stolen
madeleines
dunked in tea won't help .
It's not my time past you're seeking.
Don't envy me my neurasthenic hysteria.
Ginger beer with a current bun, ton plaisir anglais, peut-être?
What English schoolboy treat's your key to memory's gate?"
Lavender furniture polish.
Deserted class rooms
remembered.
Stolen
peace–
time.