Black Spot on a Leaf

Black spot on a leaf, next to Hampstead Heath 

I was expecting his orchestra to strike up 

but I wasn't on the sunny side of the street

I was lost

I was looking for the head of Karl Marx

and was thinking how wonderful it would be if when I arrived,

 a band would be playing the peoples flag is deepest red.

There is something about the sound of a dance band

with its trumpets full of melancholy

that make me think that I've been here before.

On this earth.

life is like an aircraft hangar 

and you're all on your own.

You either empty it 

or fill it.

In April 1956 Heath arranged his first American tour

During the tour, Nat King Cole was attacked on stage in Birmingham, Alabama by a group of white segregationists.

 Heath was so appalled he nearly canceled the remainder of the tour but was persuaded by Cole to continue.

He performed continuously and successfully until his health faltered in 1964 suffering a cerebral thrombosis on his 62nd birthday and collapsing on stage in Cardiff.

Which reminds me I have a bus to catch,

I hope I'm sat next to Rosa Parks.