Man Danced

Man danced
Woman faltered.
The room spun
Accordingly.
Ten past nine:
Night sky and
Music.
And Man danced,
Woman faltered.
Smile on a lip
And the Band,
Playing.
Nine past ten;
Man danced
Woman faltered.
But Man insisted:
Man and Woman
Danced.

poem by Stug Jordan
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Alpha Male

He looks
my way like a bull:
a hungry animal
reminds me of his face -
his eyes are hard.

Is he going?
my fear tells me
it’s almost a shame
not to be tested
by such barbarity.

Would I know him
in another age?
where eyes can only
meet each other with
a hint of civility?

I wonder
if his voice could kill?

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Beds

A nest is where a bird sleeps,
Feeds and flies from,
Above a black roof –
A kennel, which is where
The dog goes skulking.
And beside it is a house
Where we go
With our dog in the summer,
To hear the birds come home,
To send the dog to bed,
And to celebrate
Being older together,
Before the hill that looms
Behind the church where we go
Comes out of the summer,
To send us to bed.

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