These are the Things
From a stone you found in a martyr’s field
to a rock I found on a beach
you laid between your breasts
and in the morning its print was there,
like an echo of the thought I had when I found it.
And there’s you lifting your skirts in a wood,
and me running to catch up
while another couple cry in the valley below.
A splinter from a yew,
a cut of cheese,
a glass of whisky,
but all the time we careered to what we’ve become –
two lost people in a lost land.
Can’t live with,
don’t wish to see,
need to see more than ever,
and here.
The shirt you gave me is the only one I try to iron,
but it slips off the board
and lies on the floor,
and its sleeves tuck behind its back.
So these are the things,
from me sitting on the edge of your bed,
to you on a train to the north
with your papers and your coat,
and the birth marks on your body,
spread like a cause worth fighting for.
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