CONSULTATION

 

These visits are

by now routine -

on entering

 

the lion's den,

expect a smile

and beckoning wave

 

to take a seat.

Obediently, you sit

and start to contemplate

 

time's passage.

Words fail, as always,

to express

 

the visit's

raison d'etre.

 

                            Malcolm Evison

                            5 July 2005