Inviting ivory whites.

Resting flat and sharp-edged between the black.

In the concert’s hall:

Bach? Debussy? Satie?

Your desires and melodies a mystery to me.

But you played – this I do know, though

You stopped.

Strayed away from the keys,

Career more a boon to Baby Boomer demands.

For a woman? You could choose:

A nurse, a care worker – a moth...

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A lifelong relationship

(Not without a fee)

With my glasses –

Worn since I was three.

The first pair – I remember,

A rainbow frame… glee!

Worn with a lace,

Lest they escape me.

Those crescents of colour – I unfolded,

To wear them and be

In awe of details:

Veined leaves on the trees.

Oh, that first taste of real sight –

I could not foresee...

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            I can never quite tell where you will fly,

nor where you will fall.

With will – back to my palm,

The moment you leave,

only to be thrown away once more. 

                                                            Just because,

...

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An emerald blue -

Don’t be fooled by

The sky above’s hue.

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Ashen-ed skin,

A delicate hand to touch,

Veined, bruised, and pained.

Senses unfold,

Scent of sweet peony, mixed of

Morphine, sweat and uncertainty.

One room,

Telling one life’s story:

Beginning – middle – end.

“If you could – “

A stupid question

“What would you do, right now?”

           “Something spectacular!”

You shined.

...

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Dilation -

Two globes, each their own constellation

In cranial orbit.

A sinister wink,

Dexter’s blink.

Both a sphere of sight unknown.

Prisms, I used to hold, change:

Colours unseen unfold.

Our worlds on an axis,

Amidst a multitude of opposing poles.

Let the light in!

Envision conflicting dimensions: one whole.

A pupil until old-ag...

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A cacophony of virtual,

    composed voices,

     connected through veins of

      communication in vacuum.

       contemplations vaingloriously

        catapulted via videoconferencing.

         coercively (in)visible, our in-person

          community seemingly vanquished.

           closing our villages

           creates new vanguards.

 ...

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To live a tropical life,

Living ‘the rainy season’,

Is unusual for me,

for where I’m from,

Rain is served with a cup of tea.

Astonished how the force, might and gale of the tropics all

Serve to open one’s eyes to the UK’s, often-paltry, drizzle-fall.

In Hà Nội, motorbikes wade the water,

(Exhaust-water-level-permitting)

Markets unwavering to sell fresh produc...

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Abrupt – a sudden sweeping;

Disrupting West Lake’s vast serenity.

Erupt – an undulation;

Crescents and slight waves conduct the cityscape.

Via high vantage, the rains bring peace.

As for ancient-modern city streets,

Flooding fails to cease,

Only slow the chaos of life.

Ashen achromatic clouds cradle the relief of green –

Of brown, of branches, of ...

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Not to your former beauty,

Weakened, cracked and pale with age,

Stony face of former onyx glory.

I’ve the skills to restore you,

Replenish you – your intricate features,

The credit I will claim – mine.

Pinpoint precision drill-bits,

To smooth and hollow,

Your now-empty marble veins.

Like a spider battles his wind-blown web,

My craftsmanship, symmetric...

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