The Way I See It
The shipyard painter, political activist and razor-sharp cartoonist Bob Starrett has just written a new book The Way I See It on his eventful life and times. Below we reprint one of his stories and review an essential read
La Boheme
ENO's production of La Boheme is a triumph,
Miles Salter - The Big Society
Thursday 24 January 2013
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The trick is in the phrasing. Use first names,
say ‘I don’t accept that.’ Leave the studio
when the ON AIR light turns dull. Walk to the car,
wait for a text from the boys at Number 10.
A row of meetings. What will happen if.
Stick to it. Look strong. Meet the others
in the bar, a table at The Ivy, good burgundy,
Lawrence’s cousin. Share options,
a place on the board. Then home, avoiding
streets where blue screens shine with stories
from soaps, the houses of the unseen.
They weren’t at Eton, who can’t talk,
think, write the same; the cleaners, bus drivers,
builders, the ones from stacked streets, walking
dogs near graffiti, the ones we keep away from.
Another interview. Remember the phrases;
the Big Society. We’re all in this together.
Dinner tomorrow. Lawrence’s cousin, venison,
laughter. Percentages and foie gras,
while the country shrinks in the dark.
Miles Salter’s poetry has previously appeared in various UK poetry magazines, including Aesthetica, Cake, Frogmore Papers, Orbis, and South Bank Poetry.
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