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The Nightdress (poem) Jan 24, 2008

THE NIGHTDRESS

I rub a hole in the mirror and in her nightdress
wonder what it was like being loved and unloved
by the boy. From behind the skin-thin hide
of the partition I had climaxed with her in the night.
In the early morning I watched from the window …

the specialist Sep 26, 2007

THE CURTAINS ARE DRAWN, the room is cool. Here little moves, but, outside in the garden the moon riffles the surface of the pond like a swan, night in its wake. In this room Tracy and Luke lie under a spell in darkness. A penny, Tracy says.
Only a penny?
Were …

anemones Sep 17, 2007

NICOLE HAS A NICE LITTLE FLAT. The kids envy her but it's just what they'd hoped for.
Perfectly at home Tracy picked up a small yellow figurine: you've got some nice things here she goes and pretended she was going to slip it in her pocket. Nicole smiled: take it …

Girl in the rain Sep 6, 2007

Buttoned up to the neck in black
you gaze back through the picture
glass at me and I wonder what it'd be like
to be your lover thrilled by the challenge
of your stare which dares me to do it
and then suddenly I feel heady
like I'd been out all day
in the …

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