Reflections Issue 7

Steve Carnell 'I am a 41 year-old dad of two, my kids live with me full time. Molly, 8, and Harry, 5, appear in a few of my childrens' poems. I live and work part-time in Exeter. I play poker, support Arsenal, and love music.

I have been playing at open mic gigs, and am busy working on a book.'

The Exe The Exe makes me smile I have not been in the Exe for a while The Exe, I can't forget Always there and always wet I am flooded with emotion At your gentle flowing motion The Exe, I love your mouth And watching you go south Having been on you and in you You excite my every sinew Some bits of you are tight And some are wide I like that little boat That flits from side to side I have swallowed more of you than I should Which is never good You make my bits freeze You're probably full of disease As shallow as I feared And occassionally weired I know parts of you are rotten Though I still strive to touch your bottom The Exe will always be The one that holds the quay