I'm Not Talking About Love
that stunned feeling
as if hit suddenly head on
by a wall of cold surf or a double decker bus
an overwhelming scent of freesias
or unexpected music in a dry street
you know what I mean
(and I do not refer to love)
it goes right through
the flesh
like brighton rock
or an electric fence
and things look real
stereoscopic
(and it’s got nothing to do with all that red entanglement)
I have a set of those old things at home
two flat pictures on a piece of card
and when you get them just so
exactly adjusted in the antique binoculars
there they are - 1863 and lit up like a dream
the double pictures fit
cancelling each other out
and making visions of such amazing depth
the eyes fall through them
waterfalls
such grace. .
(and I’m not talking about that cul de sac called love)
but like
walking out of the complex and garrulous house
to find the January sky
luminescent
with a faded violet light
and the air still
trees without leaves
and the faded violet luminescent light
audible
all the way to the sea
(and not a word in sight)
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