Stranger (revised)

A luminous beauty

In glow of lampshades,

Kissing on couches,

A stranger passes.

The street groans,

Strains at its leash.

The moon overhead

Has not commenced.

Traffic roars, air damp.

Stranger strolls

Languidly,

No one to run to.

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Chatters with friends

Solves the problem,

Some protection.

Treads to bed.

*

An iridescent beauty.

The stranger stares

At all that is not his,

Failures return.

*

Uncertain future

Love floats from afar

Empty clean sheets

Safe as houses.

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JRTF

16/10/14

(revised)