Shepherds Barn


I am fucking the daughter of my teacher

Her name is Alice Snow

On the wall of our small bedroom

There is an old photograph

Of Shepherds Barn

Which was in a derelict state

Before it was buried forever

Under a motorway

When I drive past the site

Of the ancient barn

I think of an envelope

Containing Alice’s pubic hair

Which I have secreted

In the glove compartment