"The Way Things Are" by Roger McGough (poetry reading)

[XComatoseButAudibleX]

Still one my favorite poems...

[costellodan]

Absolutely brilliant.

[nanosecond28]

Hey, i have to study this poem and um i don't understand this line:

The deckchair will fail as a unit of currency.

Any idea? Pls let me know if you understand it pls. Thx.

[heartsophocles]

McGough is amazing. 

[Idlinfarm]

Wonderful.

[Imagimontana]

Beautiful. Thanks for introducing me to this.

[vudu8ball]

I always felt it was better to let my children know how i thought the world really worked rather than fill their head with romantic nonsense. Despite all that they seem to have maintained a stubborn belief in the goodness of things that sometimes puts me to shame.

[MouseSouris]

Thank you, this just made my day! Yes, again. :)