A love in verse

Memories

1996-10-01
Performed by

You beside me on the balcony

The dark Aegean sea at dawn

And ouzo and water and cigarettes

And knowing beyond the blazing braziers

You were among ten thousand as we played.

And seeing Brentford from above – our

Own dear town, our yours-and-mine town – 

What memories! And thinking of you and our love – 

What memories to come! 


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Sonnet: Love that Has Cost Me Dear

How much my love for you has cost me dear

For love I have surrendered loneliness

The choice of life bereft of cheer...

Baxter Passes

The vet could not have been more sympathetic 

The kidney failure being quite advanced

The food ingested would become emetic...