A love in verse

One Fine Hand

1998-11-30
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I remember pigeons and sparrows

On the green beneath Edinburgh Castle

I remember smoking a secret joint

In a house where a policeman was visiting

I remember holding your fevered hand

The night that our first child was born

I remember wood fires in a cottage

Drinking cider, the two girls asleep

I remember a magnificent dawn

In Greece, sipping ouzo, smoking fags

In the game of remembrance I’ve many good cards

And this, just one fine hand to play.

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Richly Loved

We’ll see the pains grow less

The rough skin disappear once more

Till, free and fit, you may address...

Memories

You beside me on the balcony

The dark Aegean sea at dawn

And ouzo and water and cigarettes...