SEX IN LONDON.A Poem by Terry CollettA BOY AND A DRUG ADDICT GIRL IN HOSPITAL IN 1967.Where you been? Nima asks train was late I reply the ward smells of urine and bodies and nurses disinfect up the nose Nima sits in a chair by her bed in a white dressing gown her bare feet on the floor what'd you bring? cigarettes chocolate usual stuff I tell her putting them on her bed need a drag she utters so we go out of large French windows and sit down in two chairs in the grounds we light up cigarettes and exhale how's it going? I ask her miss my fix and hot sex she mutters between drags miss music miss Hendrix she looks out at the grounds the tall trees the bushes a porter walking by two doctors over the way talking loud glad you came she tells me glad to come I reply she looks thin her hair lank no make up cigarette held between two fingers she tells me her parents didn't show had to go off some place with others Nima exhales you know what? they're doctors yet don't come to see me I don't know what to say so I say not a thing watch a bird swooping low gracefully black winged bird with large beak I need sex Nima says suddenly I need you inside me her dark eyes eat me in no place though I tell her she inhales the white smoke blows it out making rings someday soon she utters in London in some room some hotel if they let me go out next weekend with a pass let's hope so I reply studying the sun's light in her right gazing eye. © 2014 Terry Collett |
StatsAuthorTerry CollettUnited KingdomAboutTerry Collett has been writing since 1971 and published on and off since 1972. He has written poems, plays, and short stories. He is married with eight children and eight grandchildren. on January 27t.. more..Writing
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