After Love After Love

(Dedicated to Derek Walcott and Craig David)

I met me on Monday.

Took me for a drink on Tuesday:

We shared a can of Ben Shaw's cream soda

out on the decking

overlooking the Aire Valley.

I linked arms with myself.

*sigh*

Shipley can be so romantic...

The next four days are a bit of a blur.

Just the two of us,

spinning round and round

on a Waltzer of love;

whizzed together

in some kind of

mind-bending blender.

We chilled on Sunday.

Sweet nothings

hung in the air,

unspoken.

The central heating had broken.

B.R. 09.02.2021

"What's your flava? Tell me, what's your flava?"
It's Cheese & Onion, Craig. Or a very vinegary Salt & Vinegar.