Flirtatious

Cockatiel & coffee cup
Steal the dreams of able
Sit there by the mirage fair
Cards laid on the table

Ace is high but draw it slow
Takes a while for love to show
Kings and Queens they stand in line
Touch their breath & pray for time

One and one is as could never be
Mismatched over by the stable
All to hope is all can change
By mail or text or telegraph cable


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Visitation

Another teatime supermarket cafe
At the end of a rain filled day in Yorkshire
Should I stay or should I walk away
Who is that sat at the table in the corner

I replay the mind games where she says
Where her movement is there in time
Soft skin wrapped around the sounds of violin
Let me leave you now & go become the loner

Twisted scarf and tied up hair
Arm that moves with thoughts so fair
Should I stay and fill my coffee to the brim
Is that my sweet Rose, or faithless Desdemona


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It All Adds Up

I feel you in my bones
The whole erasure of you
Unfolds within my body
I smile as you play with my mind

In this there becomes a new entity
An entirety of more than one
Faith enough to move on
Courage gathered to go forwards

I cannot embrace you
In a screen filled photograph
I cannot chase you
Through an unspoken conversation

I no longer expect a special journey
Into the supernatural
Although we did once believe
In the power of transference, didn't we

The pampas grass and blossom
Blows vigorously
In the windswept, rain drenched
Beautiful Northern England

Quite unlike the settled palms
Of your islands waterfront
Where the promenade
Erased me from your arms


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Rich

Lightless windows
At the end of the day
A strength of blue
Purpose made
For lovers at play

Play on the waterfront
Play in the drinkers bar
Play at the all-night discotheque
Before the moonlight arrives
With the morning star

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Recoil

I stare over my coffee cup
Take care not to mix you up
With someone other than me

I share your arm movement
Bare skin of singular intent
Meant for all to see

There is little now that stirs
I defer to my memory
Despair that she is not to be


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