The first telephone conversation
Would likely have been in late September
Because we had examinations in mid-October
In between those dates
I had been on a revision weekend
In Gladstone’s library, at Hawarden, North Wales
Tears
And pain
And love
Love
And pain
And tears
We had been
Together, and apart
Apart, and together
The first departure
To call it such a thing
Was without determination
Hello
And hello
And hello again
Goodbye
Yes, goodbye
Or may it be au revoir
The first kiss was in…
On a campus university
At an OU summer school
I had been
Beside myself with certainty
I hoped you would understand
