NIMA AND THE PICTURE SHOW 1967

A GIRL IN A PSYCHIATRIC WARD IN 1967.

She thinks of him
as she lies in bed,
thinks of his last visit,
that time he brought her

cigarettes and chocs
and the tubby nurse said
it's not good for you all
these things , and Nima

had said is sex good for me?
the tubby nurse said
everything in its place,
and Nima had said show

me the place. She ought to
be up and dressed but
she can't be fucked or so
it seems in her mind, so it

seems if she can't have
her fix and can't go out
until the quacks say so.
Benedict has said he will

come like he came that
day for the first time and
she was so unaware that
he'd get there, but he did,

turned up and the nurse said,
you've got a visitor, she
thought her parents had
decided to come after all,

but it was Benedict standing
in the doorway holding
cigarettes and a wide smile.
She looks at a nurse passing by,

thinks of being up and out,
seeing Benedict in London,
but no, the quacks say not
until we've fixed the fix craving

as if...and that time he and
she had had a quickie in that
side room and smiles and lies
with eyes closed dreaming of

that time, supping on it in colour
and all like a small picture show,
and she watches it move on and go.

Reviews

[ANTO]

This did the ole' role switcheroo in my head Terry. I saw Jimmy and Steph from Quadrophenia. I saw the days and weeks after Jimmy let the Ace Face's scooter fly over the cliff and he was committed. I saw Steph - visiting him and him remembering their f**k in the side entry yard while the riot went on outside.
I really liked this one.

[Terry Collett]

Thank you, ANTO.