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All this talk about mainstream and experimental reminds me of a poem I wrote back in the 80s which was published in my 1988 book `Horsemen'. Here it is..... Always the outsider I am not English; I am of the people. I am not Scottish; I was born in Durham. I am not educated; I studied mathematics. I am not a UNIX wizard; I am of the poets. I was defeated at Arderydd; I hid in the Black Mountain. I sang before Vortigern; victory over the Saxon. I hate the Welsh; an inferior nation. I like America; its technocratic culture. I don't believe in Love; I am Orpheus. I don't believe in God; I am the Devil. I am of the village; I am of the city. I have praised the moon; I have swum the ocean. I am of the Dark Age; after the Fall of Troy. I am Rangers and Celtic; the Glasgow Saturday night. I am the barbarian; deprived of faith and kindness. I am the magician; living my seasons in hell. I have come pure from the beginning; I have become twisted and coarsened as the years sped by; I have seen the end of everything; And still I survive. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%