More channelling from the In-Between.
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(A lone voice whispers)
I was once called a Scarlet Man
When I was alive
By the worlds many Marianne's
Susan's and Karen's
But I never cared
I just loved her even more
Because I once dared before all who gossipped and stared
I still miss you and that irrepressible smirk
I always used to kiss whenever I called around at around eight
Whenever I could like a loyal post office clerk
To do my dirty night's work
To then smoke and drink sweet liquor as your bedrooms lights slowly flickered
Making small talk and watching the clocks tick
As we both felt the heightened sexual tensions
As our skins screamed out together with
What happens tonight
Will be our last time
Lines we too always said as we
Hand in hand
Made our way to your marital bed
A line we wore out every year
For we lived and danced in a crazy repertory
Of slim fingers and hungry tongues
A silent unspoken language of freedom
Bereft of no wrongs
Whenever we conjoined and prayed for the everlasting night
For we knew that when the rising Sun
Summoned the daylight
We must part
Before she arrived
Oh, how I am truly sorry
But I was just a scarlet man
Chasing a married woman
And now I'm dammed by those in the shadows but who cares
If you're seeing this
My one and only Kera
Know this with assurance
It's me your only true sweetheart and loyal footman
Bill Trueman
Sending this message
So you'll look for me in the Vida Futura (S)
So we can once again begin as you take my hand
In new lands of revolutionary aspirations
(C)
Copyright John Duffy
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