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Terry Collett
Poems
Oct 2013
EVERYTHING HE SEES.
It's been two years
since Baruch saw Yehudit
for the first time
on the school bus
that long
since that first kiss
that Christmas
under that moon
and stars
now as she turns
from the window
she says
what time will your mother
be home?
about 50 minutes
he says
on the bus?
yes on the bus
he answers
she stands there naked
the sunlight coming
over shoulders
and lighting up
her brown hair
she looks at him
lying there on the bed
hands behind his head
he searches her eyes
the blueness of them
the heaviness
of her *******
the love bites
the peasantness
the broadness of hips
have we time for more?
she asks
maybe
he says
she moves to the bed
and climbs up beside him
and lays her head
on his chest
I would never have dreamed
of this last year
she says
she kisses his stomach
lips damp warm
he strokes her shoulder
runs a finger
along her spine
she giggles
kisses him more
what would your mother say
if she found us thus?
he asks
don't think of it
she says
she lies beside him
he kisses her breast
softly
slowly
she turns towards him
runs a finger
down his thigh
he senses her movement
she imagines her mother
coming up the stairs
the heavy stomp
the booming voice
a smacking hand
she lies on her back
senses his movement
she embraces him
her hands knotted
behind him
he hears the dog bark
downstairs
he freezes
what's up?
she asks
earlier bus
he replies
he slips from the bed
and runs to the window
his mother is walking up
the road from the bus stop
quick
he says
she's coming
who?
she says
lying there
with a vacant stare
my mother's coming
quick dress
out the back door
the space of time
the movement of bodies
his mother's slow pace
towards the house
the dog barking louder
semi clothed
Yehudit runs with items
out the back door
with Baruch behind
along the back path
by orchard and logs
out the back gate
she in front
clutching shoes
and stockings
he watching
as he runs
her peasant body
swaying
like a mighty ship
on perilous seas
and storing away
as he runs
everything he sees.
Written by
Terry Collett
Sussex, England
(Sussex, England)
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