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Terry Collett
Poems
May 2014
NATANYA BY THE COAST.
Netanya met me
at the rail station
and we got the train
to the coast
for the evening air
and sight of sea
and just be
he asked
where are you going?
and I said
that's for me to know
and you to guess
I told him
Netanya said
the sight of the sea
and moonlight
and the sound of waves
and smell of salt
made the trip out
with her special
does he guess
who you are with?
I asked
she looked out
at the horizon
a ship passed by
shadowy
in the evening light
he can guess
all he likes
won't make
any difference
she said
we walked along
by the beach
she held my hand
her wedding ring
had been removed
the green raincoat
tied tight
against
the evening wind
must seem odd to him
that you choose
to go out
rather than stay in
and watch TV
I said
are you sorry
I asked you out?
she said
no
just curious
as to why?
I said
she looked at me
with her dark eyes
think I love you
she said
then looked away
at the sea
dangerous three words
I said
but meant
she said
not easy to admit that
about someone
guess not
I said
how do you feel
about me?
she asked
I like being with you
I said
I think of you a lot
and?
she said
what does that mean?
I smelt the salt
strong
hitting the lungs
clearing the head
love you a lot
I said.
WOMAN, MAN, BEACH, EVENING, 1970S
Written by
Terry Collett
Sussex, England
(Sussex, England)
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