The Long Goodbye Poem by jim hogg

I rarely thought of you
'til you finally broke through
I thought the story was complete
When we talked back in ninety three
I thought that was enough my love
But now love's legionnaires have come

And Alison I'm thinking of
All the little things too much
Like how your d n a and such
Wove a spiders web of love and touch
into something almost glorious


But rarely could forget
That strange chemistry that crept
Between us, then entangled us
And didn't understand at first
You know that I was crushed my love
By overwhelming chemicals

But Alison I'm thinking now
‘bout your fingernails and how
Those firetrails of thrill raced round
on my throat, and here, in this far town
and the girl my world turned round without


No, really, it was you
There was nothing I could do
We think that life is ours to choose
But passion rules and cold light rues
Predestination left us cold
And now we watch the past unfold

But Alison I can't forget
Holding you inside room 10
The lack of light in discotheques
How it felt when dancing to "je t'aime"
How you curled your hair against your neck

And Alison, oh Alison
Here, across the Rubicon
Our long goodbye seems so long gone -
Cat and mouse we blew the game of love -
But yet, something holy lingers on




(With apologies to David Most and Clive Westlake - and also to Metaphor!)