Amagansett
Empty golf course
Fourteen minutes
From Montauk___
I have never played a round of golf
Though once
Back in the last century
Queen’s Park
London
1997
With friends
Nina, Ingi and others
The Persian, Maid Marion, Frank, maybe Fingers
Maybe others___
On beautiful September afternoon
Queen’s Park
Nine holes___
Who won?
No one cared
No one counted the score___
Kids licking ice cream
Softies
Exit the Park
Passing George Orwell’s house
Thirteen Years past 1984
More true now than ever___
I remember day
Like it was thirty-three years ago
Especially the ice cream
Dripping on the kids’ hands
But never the score___
Now
The train pulling into Montauk
Five minutes late
Nothing is ever late in eternity___