Settling In

Moon

Above the field

Moon

Above the river

Field

Upon the hill

River

Around the bend

Arrival

Overnight

At Gloucester Docks

After afternoon in the sun

At SWFC

Now

In the four-poster room

Looking out

To sheep on the hillside

Outside, below the tall windows

The noise of conversation

Silence begins

At nine pm

Then

To wake to the sound

Of the ringing bell

Before Qigong on the lawn

Bar

A pair of blow torches

Signed by Veritas

Well worn chair cushions

Bearing the name Pro Bono

A glass of hand pulled beer

Black Sheep back by customer’s request

Time ticks, and takes away the minutes

Before the ringing of the bell

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Echo

Red Star of Belgrade

Sporting Lisbon

River Plate

Partisan Belgrade

Ageless wisdom timeless love

Metro lands, metropolis

Let me take your ticket

Let me take your bag

Empty stadiums

Changed civilisations

Breathe on my lips

Be my first kiss

Red Star or Partisan

Once for innocent youth

Now adrift of the beautiful game

Now adrift of the wonderful life

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Narcissism

I write of you

I think of me

I see you

I see another side of me

I talk of the reflection in your eyes

What is it there that I see

I talk of your words whispered to me

What is it there that I hear

In the distance of my imagination

What there am I to imagine

In the first instance of my fascination

Why then am I so facile

In the beauty of you beside me

I gather a smile

I think of you

I write of me

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