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SOUL MATE
If there is a temple, it is under our eaves, the altar made of sheets and you the feast. If there is sacrament, it is the ritual kiss on...


IN THE DESPERATE KINGDOM OF LOVE
The Zoom doctor saw how I had ripped out my stomach by sticking my fist down my throat. He wasn’t surprised. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&...


FOR MY VALENTINE
Just left of darkness, our soon sleeping shapes are licked by night’s blank face.


NOT LIKE A MOLLUSC IN A PEARLY SHELL
More like a wife, curved thigh to thigh and sculpted back to belly: held tight by tattoed arms and warmed.


THE CHOSEN CLOTHES
Manchester 2000 Ben’s Flat In the slanted grey light of a Manchester evening, you lay out your clothes, ready for leaving: boxer shorts,...


NAKED
A rented room: dark enough for shadows to stand against the warmth of orange light. Us two: up so early that night is like a hot breath...
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