Love and Stuff

Love and Stuff

'Can I do anything for you, sexually?'
'Yes,' she said. 'Stop!' Oh, the buzzing
Of the bees and the cigarette trees.
Those bloody soda-water fountains,

Of sex and ex-sex and get-togethers.
My last great love told me yesterday,
How some one-night stand was her best ever;
Six years, together, simply blown away.

The cloud-capped palaces dissolve into
That cup of bitterness that stands upon
My shelf. Best festival actor and ho-ho
Yes, you know who my co-star's shagging.

Date mostly written: 1994