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skinny dipping

skinny dipping

 

I saw the two of you at the spring

skinny dipping

 

splashing and having fun

 

were you on your lunch break

or did you call in sick?

 

if he ever swims away

you know that I am here

with goggles and snorkel tube

 

to show you things you have never seen before

 

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Why the hell did I agree to this

School swimming lesson

The hell of nineteen wet kids

To get dried and dressed

 

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Danger! No Swimming

A poem for Manchester Art Gallery

 

Lily of the water, Nymph thou art

Perfect buds rising from cold dark depths

Flower faeries with alabaster skin emerging

Waxen ivory clothing a golden heart

 

Show love! Watch over this foolish boy

Who would risk all amongst your beauty,

Careless haste for pleasure clouding wisdom

Your ancient roots may yet ensnare his joy

 

Th...

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Gower

The sand was always hot

                beside the white dunes and the coarse grass

               

The sea was always blue

                between the black rocks and the horizon haze

 

The beach was always ours

                between the seagull shout and the distant crowd

 

We were always alone

               between the far world and our near union

 

We swa...

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