Holiday<\/b>
\n\u00a0<\/b>
\nSpilled
\npurple on the
\ncliffs like
\nwine and
\ngreen
\nas if
\npeppermint
\nchews have
\nmelted down
\na gas fire,
\nwhite person
\npink
\nlight, full as
\na teardrop,
\nmy heart
\nclawed from
\nwet sand
\nsmashed into
\npies.\u00a0 I
\nwouldn\u2019t be
\nsurprised if
\nEric Rohmer
\nfell on my
\ntowel to
\nexplain the
\ninevitability
\nof going
\nhome, in our
\nperipheral
\nvision girls
\nspading
\nribbons of
\ncin\u00e9 film
\nfrom rock
\npools, a boy
\nblurred
\nlike
\nCamembert,
\nstraddling
\na moat.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\n
\nA dream about Martin Scorsese.<\/b>
\n\u00a0<\/b>
\nHis era of extravagant eyebrows<\/p>\n
A mustard-coloured wingback chair<\/p>\n
A jaundiced gas fire, nicotine-stained at its centre, unlit:<\/p>\n
My bedsit
\nAvenue Road
\nN6
\n1982<\/p>\n
– So, says Martin
\n(manicured nails, cologne like toast burning)<\/p>\n
– You have a story?
\n(jacket immaculate, cufflinks like jewels)<\/p>\n
Removes his glasses, tames his eyebrows
\n(a miniature tortoiseshell comb)<\/p>\n
– There is<\/i> an idea
\nI\u2019d like to run by you<\/p>\n
– So
\n– So
\n– So
\n(a few more times)<\/p>\n
– There\u2019s a woman<\/p>\n
Martin punches the air, jumps up<\/p>\n
– Good! Yes!
\nGood beginning!<\/p>\n
Bangs his fist
\non the door<\/p>\n
– A woman?
\n– A woman
\n– So
\n– So<\/p>\n
What makes him leap
\nto my window
\nballoon out the nets?<\/p>\n
Who owns the car
\nsounding its horn
\non the street?<\/p>\n
I know where I keep
\nmy notebooks
\nthe many
\nI will buy through the years<\/p>\n
Martin is fighting his way
\nout of yellowing, nylon lace<\/p>\n
For the rest of my life
\nthe feeling
\nthe breath
\nthe beginning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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