Sport 10: Autumn 1993
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She was his rebound.
He took her to him
again and again
wanting exhaustion
anaesthesia
the backswing of his heart
to slow in smaller and smaller arcs.
Afterwards he would dim the lamp,
drink while she slept.
Through half closed eyes
he half believed the huddled shoulders,
the way they cupped the light,
refracted neon into moon.