What It Is

These half-formed images
of sunny quads
(the wrong ones)
busy cafés
(on campus)
and conversation
(less stimulating)
are quite appealing now.
But with excitement
and the contentment with what there is
comes disappointment
always
over what there is not
and what it is not
and that -
what it is not, I mean -
is Oxford.
I suppose you'd like me to apologise for that.