an almost accidental gathering of poets
 
   
 
 
Barry  Cole 
 
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Can yougive me a precise description?
Said the policeman. Her lips, I told him,
Were soft. Could you give me, he said, a pencil
Raised, a metaphor? Soft as an open mouth,
I said. Were there any noticeable
Peculiarities? he asked. Her hair hung
Heavily, I said. Any particular
Colour? he said. I told him I could recall
Little but its distinctive scent. What do
You mean, he asked. Closer than I am to
Anyone at present, I said, level
With her mouth, level with her eyes. Her eyes?
He said, what about her eyes? There were two,
I said, both black. It has been established,
He said, that eyes cannot, outside common
Usage, be black; are you implying that
Violence was used? Only the gentle
Hammer blow of her kisses, the scent
O f her breath, the … Quite, said the policeman,
Standing, but I regret that we know of
No one answering to that description.
   
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