Searching Still

In a 1000 years
from now

my ghost

hunting for a scrap...a word...a trace
of you

still unwilling
to let go

of you

despite death
despite time

searching still...
...for the touch of your hand.

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Lost Now In Twilight

Leaving London
the train pushes deep

into the countryside's
heart

a knife
between ribs

quiet as Death
the snow

seeming to grow
trees

simply to support
itself.

Snow & tree creatures
lost now in twilight.

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Le Palais Des Glaces (House of Mirrors)

“Les Parapluies De Harringey! ”

“Ah, Camberwell...Mon Amour! ”

“Last Tango In Brixton! ”

“Last Year in Holloway! ”

All over London
we lived our love

as if it were
a classic French movie.

Ah, mais...qui!

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AS WHITE AS QUIET(for Ruthie)

Snow
on the Boulevard Saint-Michel

someone...somewhere...singing

can't make out
where it's coming from

so that it seems
the snow is singing

'Nessun' Dorma! '
the snow sings
'Nessun' Dorma! '

until all
is white

as quiet.

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Like The Weather

Sunny glorious
you were like the weather
enveloping me in blue
pleading: “Please…believe me...! ”

So, I believed in you.
But, like the weather
you changed

and so it comes to pass
I hear
in Winter
the hollowness
of your laugh.

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What Pleasure Will Befall Me!

Your mouth
luscious & wet

kissing now the back
now the front

of my arching neck

its bliss
flitting like a butterfly

from kiss
to kiss

awaiting with anticipation

what pleasure
will befall me

as your lips

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Memory 69,699 - Again!

The wind skirts
the lake

fingering the hem
of your skirt

before lifting it to
take a peak

underneath.

Wot a cheek!
Wot a cheek!

Naughty wind!
Naughty wind!
Naughty wind!

...naughty!

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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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