I do recall

I do recall those shopping malls,
Our poster covered Artex walls,
The 20 minute landline calls,
The heady heights and deathly falls.

You spoke to me, I heard your name,
We talked with words that hid our shame,
I thought love was some foreign game,
We played for hours without an aim.

Day and night merged into one,
And in your needy arms I'd hung,
Rejoicing in the game we'd won,
'Now you're not so lonely, son'.

But in your room so dimly lit,
I could no longer bear your shit,
Just waiting for that fatal hit,
And so your wrists began to slit.