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Tuesday 13 February 2024

Sheaves

Sat in the snug

The rug before the open fire

After a walk along the pavements

Past the sculpture

Behind the church


Overheard Irish accents

Using militaristic terms

Talks of re-unions

Open doors

Did I hear the words of war


Anyhow

The kindly landlord

Called last orders

Once more out onto the street

Once more out in to the night


We tiptoed, we whispered

We thought perhaps to scare

To tell of subterfuge

And sabotage

And all the glory of no more


Before then our love

That night we visited

As children at the fair

Oh so then our love

That night revisited


In flames of passion bore

Later a Mexican beer

A slice of lime

The same old faces

As from before


The talk of re-union

Was of a day at the races

The trace of hearing few

We tiptoed and we whispered

And smiled for what we knew


Again, before then our love

The night we visited

As children blessed, so so free, so so rare

Oh then our love

The night we revisited in flames of passion dare



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