We’re just sitting,
Watching the world go by,
Watching people
In posh frocks
And clean suits.
Top hats
And rolled umbrellas
Dance across the lawn,
As my tea cup
Sits snugly in my hand.
Crisp military uniforms
Mingle with begowned clerics
As their harlequin colours
Cover the greenness
Of the damp grass.
And the band plays
Yellows, greens
Reds and blues
Overshadowed
By the grey
London skies.
Blue hat and coat appears,
And walks the line,
Greeting the great and good,
Who’s egos
Are bigger than their hats.
Us?
We’re just sitting,
Watching the people,
Watching the world go by,
On a July afternoon,
In the Queen’s back garden
While the band plays.
©Alan McKean
After our visit to The Queen’s Garden Party, July 2009
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