Bill Bowler
The Space Between Two Lovers
THE SPACE BETWEEN TWO LOVERS IS
like a golden chalice which
is filled with heady wine
It’s a clear — cut force —
field, charged with its
own energy which must
be sensed by others
because it excludes
the world outside
Yet it isn’t just
a vacuum, since
within this no-
man’s land many
darting glances
fly: of love, and
jealousy, or hatred
filling the air, like
feathering flights of
arrows as they find
their various marks
and inflict their
subtly-smarting
wounds upon the
Judas in love
Woe-betide an
interloper,
caught in
the midst
of such
ferocious
cross-fire, for the lovers,
come together again, will
turn as one against him
— a double-tongued chimera! —
lashing him severely with
harsh insults for meddling so
crassly in their lover’s tiff
Nobody would, with impunity
enter a radio-active zone
and the same rule applies
for the space between two
lovers. The brew they quaff
is both spicy and most potent
SOMETHING LIKE NECTAR LACED WITH ARSENIC.
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