As though running - in borrowed legs, br He lumbers across the table-top, br Lurching forward, br Then to the right br And to the left - br Pauses for a breath br And tries to remember br How to collapse with dignity br On Inarticulate limbs. br Not knowing br Where he's been br Or where he's headed br Or why he is br Where be is now, br He sways br As he weighs up br the situation. br He remembers the window br Where half a life-tine br Was wasted br In a hasty flight To nowhere br Unable to go where br Far horizons called. br And sliding, br Dropped by br Anonymous opposition, br On wings that didn't work br Onto legs that wouldn't work. br Unstable, br But back on the table br On those ponderous haunches, br He wanders if another launch is br Out of the question.