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Saturday 7 October 2023

And so also for you and I

You smile

Into my open eyes

I defy anyone

Not to call you beauty


A golden mean

A golden rule

Everything in proportion


Life

And all that she offers

In a skin sealed envelope

Posted with a smile


Any kind of music

Or sounds not only of birdsong

Any time you choose


In bounds the light

In time, in tempo, in mood

In or about to be with love

In or about to be with love


You begin

With mist moist eyes

Surprised


By disingenuous guise

I lie beside you

I defy anyone


Not to call you beauty

Any, or any other imagination

Any soldier, any platform

Any station, any journey


Lovers they

Gaze to say goodbye

And so also, for you and I

This morning we gaze to say goodbye


To rush headlong

Towards our next meeting

To rush headlong


Towards our afternoon

For our journeys are local

Also further than the clouds

For our togetherness is total


Also further out

Beyond and proud

You sing


With an unsteady tremble

Soft female sounds

Permeate your grounds

I try; and decide to defy anyone


Not to call you beauty

I cry, and softly

Politely


Defy anyone

Not to name you beauty


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