Tuesday, 16 July 2024

For I Have Got

 

For I Have Got

 

Oh, rigid; a tight, tight squeeze

to fit back into a previous

version of life, a record sleeved,

creased up, bent backed, old,

which can no longer firmly hold,

slipped in and it won’t be told.

 

Oh, pussy, pussy, my love - gloves

too small sheath hands too big,

two fingers in one gusset won’t fit,

tangled up together and crossed,

getting knotted, throb with loss

skinning summer's teeth with frost.

 

Oh, only half a mind lives here

that ponders on shifty habits,

how the cowl clouds what’s near,

close enough to see it clear

in concrete wisp of softening mists,

and ocean dappled sands of tryst.




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