is your boyfriend a witch?
he seems nice, rather nice, the way
all strange young men are,
i spoke to him once- he left me
puzzled and poised, i spent the rest of
the day pondering impossibilities
so then tell me

is your boyfriend a witch? is he.
is he? it is fine if he is, but you must
tell me, because if he is
maybe then we would have
cold sharp metallic nature brushing our
house, maybe then we will see the
lights flicker on in an excuse for the
inexplicable, maybe then there would be some-
thing else in our lives besides the dull
and drudgery,

is your boyfriend a witch? if he is
i will open the garden
make sure there are mushrooms- is he friends
with the fair folk or does he make
the enemy out of them-
if he is a witch i will make special
cakes for halloween i imagine witches must
love halloween, for what a great time to be
as witchy as as possible, do witches
care if you find out they are witches-
most times

i think your boyfriend is a witch, i’ve watched
him slip from between walls and
from the ceiling to visit you, sometimes
when i see him leave he doesn't really
leave you, he seems at odds with the
neighbour’s cats-
and spirits;
is your boyfriend a witch?

for if he isn't,
i just don't know what
i’ll do
with all this lovely
witch’s brew