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I’m thinking, Dad, that soon, maybe, we’ll meet;
the info’s not at all clear on this point:like, where exactly; and what will I wear,and shall I bring you something; if so, what?I’m not too easy, Dad, about all this:like, am I sure to find you in that lot?And, will we treat each other like – we did,or as we should now (God knows…
I love you.
all there is to say.sums it up.in a nutshell.the long and the short of it.the be-all and the end-all.I know what I mean;you know what I mean.more or less.we know what I mean.most of the time.But though love’s sometimesbest defined by silenceit may be goodto say a few good wordssince you, and love, have taught…
‘She claimed to be
but was really47,asked to borrow30 dollars,spent the eveningsmoking spliffsand told meshe could seeher therapist’s officefrom the clubwe were in.Then she saidshe was alreadyin love withsomeone else.And alsopregnant.’
It was one of so many; an army
in the cause of nature’s greater good.It was tree.First, as summer lingered into autumn,it laid down its arms; the days of empire-buildingover; no longer did it needto fight in serried ranks for space.Then next, laid down the need to breathe;lingered strong upon the branchas old soldiers do, before they fade away;boasted now, beyond loyalty, all…
You left your footprints across my life
passing history impossibly frozen,demanding out-of-date thoughts.You left your footprints on my lifeI hate it when people talk of you:as if they were asking for my bloodto warm their own false memories.You left your footprints through my lifeI hate it when I find a letter from you:I read a richness and a loss in themand am…
Plato would have favoured
All ideal and Platonic(’til that risky meeting night…)Socrates I’m not so sure about –He asked too many questions –I don’t think he would fall forThose rather sly suggestions