EN ER MUNDO

he an Irish vampire
she an English ghost
it had to be platonic

both he and she
going steady now
for a thousand years

he haunted
by her beauty
she desiring his kiss

as he sipped
his ****** Mary
he realised he could see

his reflection
in the cracked mirror
how could that be

he saw too
his ghost friend
was putting on weight

become a thing
of flesh and blood
as once she was

now at last
they could live
and die from love

got jobs as
ballroom dancers
on a cruise ship

he wearing
a heavy sun cream
just in case

he would
turn back again
to be sure to be sure

she happy
to be
gaining weight

they  danced
a sensuous pasodoble
lost in the music