"wise men say only fools rush in
but I can't help falling in love with you"
- Popsong lyric by Johnny Mercer and Rube Bloom
i was never so wise© GERALD ENGLAND
as to avoid the rush of the crosswinds
on the motorway
the quiet of the service station
is disturbed by the early morning birds
singing in the dawn over the tarmac
so i breakfast shave wash cleanteeth
and wait
listening to pop music on the car radio
waiting
o I always was the precipitous fool
i know
last night i said i love you
when you answered how can you
that did it I knew then
that i could not help myself
Composed: Sheffield, 1st June 1972
Publications
1972 THE WINE THE WOMEN AND THE SONG (Pyle, Kenfig Press)
1972 FOR HER VOLUME ONE (Pontefract, Poet's Press of Osgoldcross)
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