Khidre
1. Hopscotch
still alive?
another year.
another century.
another millennium.
where is Khidre?
chasing love.
chasing love.
chasing love.
love is dead!
so am I.
dead from the neck up.
it don't pay to be old.
is there anything but love?
bread and bones.
bread and bones.
the many stars.
will I sleep forever?
and a day.
and a day.
soon.
was love real?
the only real.
thirty years.
gone.
Khidre?
soon.
2. Ring a roses
who is Khidre?
Green Man of the Sufis.
eternal trickster.
slayer of the Dragon.
who is Khidre?
lover of the Unattainable.
every poet who ever lived.
dawn on the bedroom window.
who is Khidre?
sunshine and shadows.
a bottle of wine. a barrel of beer.
swimmer into depthful eyes.
who is Khidre?
an idea in the afternoon.
ever-young pretender.
atheist in Love.
who is Khidre?
the nightingale and the rose.
who am I?
an old man in the evening.
unending mania.
worshipper.
who is she?
who ever loved will never die.
3. All fall down
Penelope?
face of Nefertari.
queen of a dark loving demi-monde.
Jewish Glasgow.
Fiona?
fox tongue chewing on serpent lip.
red-curled Gael.
incendiary.
Susan?
whistle at her bones.
cute acutest brain.
tough little hero.
the horseman trilogy?
over and done.
written out.
it's the after-time.
cats?
Fritz dead. Ferdia dead. Ludovic dead.
I need a kitten.
to outlive me.
poetry?
self-indulgence.
egotistical.
a light in the window.
love?
no words without love.
no poems to be seen.
the family history.
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