At long last, here's a poem for some C&C:
and, as is often the case, the words between asterixes are supposed to be
read in italics - they're a snippet from a song by Mud that was in the UK
charts so many years ago!
It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
It was Christmas Eve, we’d all been singing
and a half-empty half-bottle of Bells
warmed in my hand in one overcoat pocket
and your hand held mine in the other
as our shoes squeaked on the snow.
Maybe you were singing softly - *It’ll be lonely
this Christmas, lonely and cold* -
maybe I sang too, maybe not,
that might have been the song that year -
then under a streetlight you almost slipped
and we embraced, chilled nose to warm cheek,
and your eyes were clear light.
I don’t care what’s become of you
or of me. We moved on. Only this happened,
and only for as long as this poem.
Bob Cooper
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