A Coffee Morning
& she’d swedge at ‘em [those
[mainly] men shoved around
a civic hall for a neurological
meeting –
it’s all possessive] –
I watched greetings –
as if on
a screen –
a detestable time –
premonitions quivered –
now
to feign a commitment –
our
recompense –
love was just a
kick [to any head] –
illness – a
problem unexamined [by any
self-centred eye] –
I saw it –
&
hate [too possessive] was my
sickness [my auld consultant
scribed after it all –
Michael –
she was not committed] –
&
I live without that hardening
desire under my bed sheets –
Recovering enough to now –
too [equally] now –
& imbibe