Terry Collett Poems

Rolland and I
were walking
down the passageway
after biology.
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And Magdalene had taken
down the crucifix above
her parents' bed and dusted
it off with a yellow duster
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I had bought
the Kissin' Cousins LP
by Elvis
and I played it on
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Nima met me
by the fountain
in Trafalgar Square.
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Where the place? The nurse
watches as you fold and unfold
the towel after your bath, she
ignores what you say, her eyes
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The coach drew up
at the base camp
in Malaga.
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I drank too much wine
the evening before
trying to chat up
one of the Serbian
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Amsterdam,1974,
base camp.

Dalya and Benny
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George's father called Polly
into his study.

She had been there
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A lot has happened
in the last two months:
I have two news legs
a new maid
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