WORTHING, 1894

 


A cloudburst loomed over the Worthing seaside, 

and he puffed curls of blue smoke

from his Parascho cigarette to the leaden sky. 

Snazzy and just arrived from London, 

jolly like a maypole. He clocked himself hearing

 his own name—ghostly—from the pier:

Oscar! Oscar!

He believed himself seeing Ganymede 

conjured up by the scented smoke. 

The most beautiful effete ever, cupbearer of Gods.

A breeze of lust wafted through the green carnation 

glowing on his lapel.

Though it was not his name that resonated

 all over the sea, but the wind soughing 

through a seagull's skeleton.





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