Paintballing with Barry Gibb by Ben Macnair

Paintballing with Barry Gibb

Some people grieve the fact that they never went swimming with Dolphins.
There is always a chance to do that, but the real sorrow
is so many people never went Paint-balling with Barry Gibb.
No one rues the missed opportunities to watch Bargain Hunt
with John Cooper Clarke, particularly if it has Christina Trevanion in it.

I was never in a book club with Tele Savalas
never joined a wine tasting club with Denis Healy
never went bell-ringing with Laurence Fox
or boxing with Lloyd Grossman.

All of the things we never do
that we never talk about
because we would all rather
risk drowning with a clever fish
who never once dreamt of swimming
with Dave from logistics or Sandra from Accounts.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Ben Macnair is an award winning poet and playwright from Staffordshire in the United Kingdom. Follow him on Twitter @benmacnair

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