Paul Groves
Réalité
His “Good taste, bad taste: who cares?”
was an admission that the latter
might reasonably apply to his décor.
“So what—nothing is the matter.
Sit back and relax.” Having helped
him fix the massive print above
his sofa in a Putney basement, I hoped
to accept—if not to love—
his cool slant on furnishing.
Lee Harvey Oswald gets it in the guts
from Jack Ruby. Large as life. “Fling
your coat over that chair; let’s
chill out,” he said. We did.
It was Chablis time. He dimmed
the lighting. Five hundred quid’s
worth of murder slammed
into the back of my retinas. I sipped.
He put on some Milhaud, closed his eyes,
a creamy smile playing about his lips.
Monochrome quietus. Polytonal paradise.
was an admission that the latter
might reasonably apply to his décor.
“So what—nothing is the matter.
Sit back and relax.” Having helped
him fix the massive print above
his sofa in a Putney basement, I hoped
to accept—if not to love—
his cool slant on furnishing.
Lee Harvey Oswald gets it in the guts
from Jack Ruby. Large as life. “Fling
your coat over that chair; let’s
chill out,” he said. We did.
It was Chablis time. He dimmed
the lighting. Five hundred quid’s
worth of murder slammed
into the back of my retinas. I sipped.
He put on some Milhaud, closed his eyes,
a creamy smile playing about his lips.
Monochrome quietus. Polytonal paradise.
Paul Groves has lectured in Creative Writing and
reviewed for Poetry Review, Poetry Wales and other
magazines. His latest collections are Eros and Thanatos
(1999) and Wowsers (2002), both from Seren.
reviewed for Poetry Review, Poetry Wales and other
magazines. His latest collections are Eros and Thanatos
(1999) and Wowsers (2002), both from Seren.
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