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Sport 20: Autumn 1998
corner Kingsland and Second
corner Kingsland and Second
to begin we were all in
the lounge room together
then exile to the loggia
while you saw the masseur
she was your day's work
and put the body you had
in some sort of order
now time's that much shorter
and i'm allowed back
at the sitting room border
go through your niece said
she gestured
in the sunlight
with her cell phone
and i stepped
from commonplace
to where the living room shelters
your imminent departure
bold lacquer candle spark
wild roses fragrance
postcards written
prepared
in fresh linen
once on the platform
i take your warm hand