Poetry

POEMOTIONS

Text of book

Part Seven (continued)

Heterosexual Love - Aftermath

Start of page 183 in the book

Do Come and Sit Over Here

Come live my love, and be with me
spectator of life's agony.

Concerned, with sympathy, we'll both look on
concerned, and with much sympathy, but aware

the world's weakness is, thank God, not ours.

Start of page 184 in the book

Reply to a Small Ad

I found it difficult being a husband
but for a man it is difficult not being a husband

Difficult too I found it being a father
but then it is difficult not being a father

Another chance, you offer another chance
I'll leap at that, I think

I have learnt something - so you say have you
second time round, second time round

Second time round, we might make it