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Sport 11: Spring 1993

Isaac, 4 Parts

Isaac, 4 Parts

1.
I have been for
a swim in the pool
tonight. My hair
smells of you
Isaac. When you
came home from work
and made love to
me and my nose
was so close to
your skin, it
was always right
there. Where your
back stops and
your arse
begins. I could
never work out
afterwards
whether it was
chlorine or your
come.

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2.
You weren’t so
special. Shoulders
and stomach like
other men. It
was the hair
on your chest
I couldn’t get
away from,
my palm flat
in the centre
between each of
your nipples.
Your black tight
hair would find
its way over
the creases of
my fingers. My
hands would be
yours.

3.
I sat next
to a man
on a bus he
was like you
black, black
hair. I watched
him I thought
of what he could
do to me.
I wondered
if he would
hold me down
sometimes. Put
his penis in
my mouth.

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4.
I did dream
of fairies once.
Floating on the
outside. A
child looking on
the bright side.
One stroke of
your tongue
and it was gone.
Isaac.