Two

I elected to complete my OU degree
With a module in Cognitive Psychology
Don’t you dare ask me why

It was my first move away
From Technology and Mathematics
Something I simply had to try

She introduced herself
On the steps, outside a class
On Dichotic Listening

Can we sit beside you please
You seem to know what you are doing
Were her introductory words

I had taken a poetry book with me
The 1987 Eric Gregory Anthology
Don’t you care to ask me why

It was for my own protection
Among those more cultured types
Something I never did, or ever would deny

I coped, I managed, I did ok
Yet I changed
Poetry became me

Often after I simply had to cry
Yes, often afterwards
I simply had to cry

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One

I was with the black dog
Metaphorically speaking
I wanted to extend the house

There was no room out front
No room either at the back
Sure as hell no room at the sides

I was in the small back bedroom
Are all back bedrooms small
I looked out of the window

I wrote those first words
On a business contact index card
It was all I had to hand

The poem detail is all gone
Sadness, darkness, angst
For no good reason whatsoever

I write this only as a record
It was a beginning, of sorts
It is the only thing I’ve stuck at

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Back At My New Desk

I have found time
Found time again
Time again for you
For you at my new desk

My new desk, quietly waiting
Quietly wanting, for my return
My return, to the peace
The peace, of silently writing

Silently writing, to bring
To bring, to an end
An end, without end
Without end, I go on

I go on, in this found time
Found time, as never before
Never before, to happily close
Happily close, these last few words

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Back In Our Own Bed

Warm skin
Your skin
Soft skin
Your skin
Smooth silky skin
Your skin
Morning skin
Your skin
Embrace
Your skin
Hug, nuzzle into
Your skin
Whisper, breathe onto
Your skin
Thankful, grateful for
Your skin

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Flight

I sit
On the landing
As though getting ready
For a flight
Or a flying lesson
As the one
Thirty years ago
When I climbed
When I turned
When I looped the loop
When I had the descent
Under my solitary control
Tomorrow
We fly with TUI
To Ibiza
I will sit
In row 14 seat A

Been There Done That
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