DARK SWEDISH SKY 1974

A MAN AND WOMAN IN SCANDINAVIA IN 1974

I could live here
Dalya said
if I could
that is
if I didn't already
have a job
and place to live
but yes
I fancy it here

we were in Oslo
and had returned
to base camp

yes that cafe
was good
and Oslo
is my kind
of place too
I said

I’m going
for a shower
she said
see you later
at the bar
and if the Yank dame
is off some place
we can get down
to it
if not
then not

I watched her go
with a big towel
over her shoulder
and a wash bag
swinging
at her side

she had a nice a*s
I liked the way
she moved it
side to side
as she walked off
to the shower block

I sat in the entrance
of my tent
and opened
a can of beer
and sipped and smoked

I looked at the late
afternoon sky
thinking of that night
in Stockholm
when the Yank dame
had gone walk about
with some German guy
and Dalya and I
(after a drinking session
and smooching game)
settled into her tent

and while rock music
blasted from
the base camp speakers
and laughs and yells
and shouts
from crowds
that went by
we made love hotly
beneath a dark
Swedish sky.