Signature

Rather than who were picking up
the big bonuses, it was his signature
I’d look for when signing for my wages.
Just another bloke on the gang,
no particular accent or hairstyle,
but his handwriting – in fountain pen,
not the Sellotape-bound biro
dangling from the clipboard –
wouldn’t have been out of place
in a shipping company’s ledger
or even a Book of Hours.