HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE DOUBLE BED, Larry-inspired spoof of Keats Options

[Alan]

HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE DOUBLE BED

Much have I grovelled in the depths of life,
through many Euro-lands and kingdoms hitched;
bad “luck”, when I have been quite sudden ditched,
as baths were very rare, so I smelled rife.
Oft on one wide expanse had I been sold
that deep-browed Hypnos ruled as his demesne:
yet never did I breathe its pure serene
till I was homeward come, feeling so old :
Then felt I like some watcher of the skies
when a planet swims right out of his ken;
or like Rip Van Winkle who with tired eyes
sees nothing at all for forty years when
to all intent and purposes he dies;
snoring, upon a double bed, at home ....

Alan McAlpine Douglas

PS I had the Keats poem thrust upon me at school - put me off poetry for (almost) life !

[Alan]

Dear Karen,

That was a bit of poetic license, I was never knowingly ditched as rife ! But I have had a few that I helped who were deserving !

Glad to stir your memories, and thanks for the compliment !

Love
Alan