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Reunited
Six years, a social class or two, a religion and half a country between us
We found each other in a city large for me and small for him
I bought this tall, exquisite stranger a beer, only because I’d had a few myself
And found some courage there.
Was the moon full that night as he walked me home, and we sat close on the sofa?
My legs tucked under me, facing him, I asked, “What ...
Thursday 13th October 2022 8:29 am
My telescope: Tommy
Out of focus there is nothing.
But he needles his way in.
And his warmth spreads,
and his essence flows and ebbs
in my mind and in my smile and in my bed.
He’s the cerebrospinal fluid
that floods my skull,
and all my cracks until I’m full.
Finally: a flash of his face and flesh;
vivid, quick, and then death.
Monday 24th June 2019 2:07 pm
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