A love in verse

No Complaints

2005-06-11
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I’m only cheerful cos I’m here 

In a room with you

Your sleeping breath is soft and dear

Your snores are graceful too 


Were I not here I’d be less glad

Not beating round the bush

Love doesn’t stop us feeling bad

And stressed by life’s long push


Love doesn’t turn us into saints

But I love you, you me

That’s all – enough though – no complaints

Just simply: let it be 


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The World Must Yield

You say back to me, at the window, 

Fruitlessly breathing out the fag

Whose smoke blew back into the room...

The Last Pear Plucked

The last pear plucked

The evening primrose gone – 

What now may fate deduct...