i wear pink
like the tones of my flesh;
all sorts i am sweet as all sorts
when i pour your morning coffee;
i am lollipop sweet
like a lick of the lips
where the sugar crystalises on the bottle lid --
your hands skid on the countertop
and pinch my waist
with shrill laughter --
i remember what it is --
crushing the jewels on my cheeks --
what it is to want again.
and it is only feather light,
a captured pupil, a tap on the shoulder,
a hand feeling in my pocket for pens
and a presence by my side --
white paper and your long climbing lines.(08/09/2017)
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THE OCEAN
Poetry'In the old days at home the Neverland had always begun to look a little dark and threatening by bedtime. Then unexplored patches arose in it and spread, black shadows moved about in them, the roar of the beasts of prey was quite different now, and...