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Prelude to infidelity +

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The old doorman coughed	1
hocking phlegm in a silk handkerchief	2
rain filled his pockmarks	3
his smile insincere	4
as a Chelsea mans handshake	5
vice like, tepid.	6

At the end of the street	7
where cold wind is stolen	8
by the shish kebab shop	9
she walked towards me	10
each step leaving Adidas	11
on cart worn pavements.	12

Check in desk pseudonym	13
walnut reflection devil	14
crumbling from an East London voice	15
‘sign ere and ere love’.	16

Doused by her bleached meat	17
a painted noose strangled me.	18
when I kissed her chest,	19
Jesus danced on a silver noose	20
falling into my mouth	21
leaving bread wine and bitter metal.	22

My pockets turned green	23
and Tchaikovsky brought my wife	24
vibrating out of my pocket	25
in a chariot of light	26
till it laid face down	27
next to a pink bow on black lace.	28

‘This is wrong I said’	29
and left with my umbrella	30

10/05/08

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