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Terry Collett
Poems
Apr 2013
WHOM TO LOVE.
Outside the church
after the Sunday service
after singing
in the choir
Judith followed you
out of the vestry
into the daylight
amongst the gravestones
at the back
of the church
where she stood
looking around her
with you at her side
you oughtn’t to have done that
she said
what?
you said
put that button
in the collection box
when it came around
the choir stalls
I left my collection money
in my coat pocket
you said
but a button
she said
better to have put nothing in
than that
a black bird settled
on the top
of a gravestone nearby
then flew off
you’re right
you said
I ought not
to have put it in I’m sorry
it’s not me
you have to say sorry to
Judith said
it’s God
whom you defrauded
she turned
and looked at you
with her big blue eyes
and that look she had
when she was disappointed
anyway
she said
I still love you despite
you defrauding God
of his collection pence
come on you two
her sister called
from the side
of the church
aren’t you coming home
the bus will be here soon
ok we’re coming
Judith called back
her sister and yours disappeared
and you said
I don’t deserve you
or your love
no you don’t
she said
but there you are
when can we ever choose
whom to love
we either love
or we don’t and I do
and she kissed your cheek
and took your hand
and you walked
by the gravestones
along the narrow pathway
by the side
of the church
and I love you too
you said
softly walking
through the midst
of the buried
and dead.
Written by
Terry Collett
Sussex, England
(Sussex, England)
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