Tessa Ransford OBE, Hon.DUniv (Paisley), MA, Dip Ed Poetry Practitioner and Adviser 31 Royal Park Terrace, Edinburgh EH8 8JA, Scotland, U.K. Tel : 0131 661 1277 E-mail : wisdomfield@talk21.com

True Story I'm going to dance the night away the dark the tedious faceless hours I'm going to love my life today reclaim delays and detours The dark the tedious faceless hours when no image carries me within its passionate desires and I forget my true story When no image carries me into the life I must demand but I drudge on patiently in vaguest hope of some reward Into the life I must demand I take the hint 1 take the lead get up to dance and take the hand take a turn and find the beat I take the hint I take the lead I take the floor I pirouette I am dancing till I'm dead my sun arisen image set.