Girl Talk (for Scarlett)

Her cat
cradled in her lap

her frock
a hammock

she talks to her cat
& the cat talks back.

They both purr
with the pleasure

of each
other.

“What do you talk about? ”
I ask curious to know.

“Oh...you know...
cat things! ”

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NOT FUNNY! (for Lyn)

The storm seemed
to run out of breath

rested on a roof a bit

and catching me
observing it

gathered itself up
found its second wind

and flew at me
in a fury.

It snatched my hat
and ran off with it

thinking it
was funny.

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Cliché Attack (for Jan man!)

Like...wow!
She was the cat’s meow!

And upon
divesting herself

of her
night attire

She was most definitely
the cat’s pyjamas!

“Oh! Your beard!
...tickles! ”
She giggles.

She was the cat’s whiskers.
Me?
I thought she was

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YOU WEAR MY KISSES IN YOUR HAIR(for Jan)

You wear
my kisses

in your hair

invisible
to everyone

but us

they glisten
like emotional jewelry

bloom like flowers
of desire

you wear
my kisses

in your hair

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Come Day Go Day

Another birthday comes
& pushes me even further

over the hill
iil
unwell

(sick of being sick)

pushing this bloody boulder
like Sysiphus up the bloody hill

yet the touch
of your hand

makes me young
& willing

make me so glad
to be

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Snow In NYC

Snow in NYC
falls upon my upturned eyes

as I gaze into its skies
still... silentey crying
to Heaven

hear your voice
taste your kiss

(a world that no longer exists)

only memory now
falling like snow

covering it all
(all so long ago)

now
only

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And Cry When Morning

I want to
sleep with you

I want to
sleep in you

& cry
when morning

separates us

into separate
entities

that it casts forth
moving about a city

longing

until night

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History Lesson For A Schoolteacher

'Henry the Eight had five wifes and a headmistress! '

'Churchill is that dog that can't sing and sells insurance on the telly! '

To children growing up into this Brave New World
...even recent history is ancient history

and is already begining to sound mythlogical!

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If Ever You Want Me

If ever you
want me

...to go

only tell me so
& I'll go

quietly as the melting snow.

If ever you
don't love me

...anymore

only tell me so
& I'll go

quietly as a fading rainbow

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Moonlight & Frost

I breathe upon
the window pane

leaving a kiss
that frosts
over.

You do the same.

I kiss your kiss
of frost.

You kiss
mine.

We leave
kisses all over the window

The frost now
reclaiming them

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