Death Valley/Spen Lane

(i)

Striding purposely into Death Valley,

his leather canteen filled with Um Bongo.

Craggy as mountains. No factor 50.

Behold the beetroot face of our hero!

It's hotter than a thousand scorched porches.

"Nothing human could possibly survive."

His head is a beacon, a flaming torch.

Zabriskie points at Nick Knowles - HE'S ALIVE!

(ii) 

Big Nick is transposed to a West Leeds tableau.

The denizens of Spen Lane look askance

at the blistered thing limping down the road.

Transmutation, sans shirt, sans trews, sans pants.

From the OB van, Barry Davies commentates:

"Look at his face! Just look at his face!"

B.R. 09.10.23

 

Jack of all TV presenting jobs Nick Knowles begins his transmogrification into Ben Grimm aka The Thing crossed with a red cabbage while appearing on the BBC's flagdinghy magazine programme The One Show. Photo by BR.