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The Deviland the
Deep BlueSea
Alan Garvey
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Bad Boyafter a painting by Eric Fischl
Open callipers measuringdegrees of truth, kneesyawning instead of mouth,
wound wound round me, nooseloose as the satin slipthat fell from your shoulders,
youre so cool, cool as the airconditioners monotonous tuneThe hot notes rise, fingers pass
from clef to clef, ! take my firststep, paw the rumpled notes"they reek of others sweat
#ids play $all and %ump through hoops&enetian $linds, this rooms split in twoTheres so much to do, so much
to touch !ts easy and warmin the dark, Gordian knotTo taste you must $reak
'ere a tailors scissors, snip snip"here the paper people holding handscut from sheets, sweat(silhouettes
)* +ontents
+roan odge -.ishermans Grove /
0udge These Books 12/311 11
A Toast 1*4y .ingers Direction 15
ove 1)The 6light of a 7riters 7ife 18
The 4arital 9apist 1-The Glass 1:
The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 1/ife 4odel *2
6erfect Day *1A leap of faith **
Take a step $ack, or two *5+aterpillar *)
+hick *;Ba$es in 7e$land *-Streetwalker */
The 4elting 6ot 51Daisy 5*
9ogue 7ave 55
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Bad Boy )*
ast +all
7ould you decipher these skies for the linesthat led us here, find meaning highlighted$ut anchorless as cloud(puffs> The signs
are clearer to divine, our skys emptiedits cumulus $aggage, the ?uick strokesof cirrus oars sfumato in receding tides
of you and ! .inally, ! slide the doorshut on the seaside flat where we made loveOutside, like hundreds of clock hands, a murder
of crows spin overhead, ashes spiralling in the sunfalling down on our days, on a miniature $attlefieldwhere we raised arms too vain and young
to $e entrenched in
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A false name was $illed for milk,groceries paid for $y cash not che?ueShe may have asked for a satellite dish,her +hristmas wish your somethingto muffle her cries, to keep herfrom outside
Swallows are still hereSummer $eats the +omeraghs drumsTwo years on the run slip$etween someones teethTheres the knock on the doorand the grief a few words impart
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it was the sea she worried over&ery often it was the wind in her mindthat would sweep me off my feet
to the undiscovered countryBut, oddly, hurricanes of seventy knots
or more topple waves, even flatten them,whereas rogues are vertical,
domineering like the +liffs of Dover,a chalk that scri$$les over
everything on the $lack$oard
and turns $lack into white! can only imagine how it felton deck, or in the crows nest
of the Caledonian $tar,$ut then ! think of how ! fell
into you 'ow could ! have seen,even in the churning advance
of previous waves, you looming>
This would $e nothingout of the ordinary, love C
yes !ve $een there $eforeEou could have written%he Little &oo' of ChaosEou needed no advice
when you told me in the pu$,the moment ! knew
that the $a$y was the waveand the trough was you
But, like the Caledonian $tar,my engine kept turning over,
it did not miss a $eatSo that, shaken and stirred,
! pulled through
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Our homes no middle(class clichFThough for an acre site we signAway our daughters to $allet
7here no fishermen light their stovesAnd we weigh so lightly what we save7ere the $uoy on the rocks in the cove7ere waiting, waiting for the waves
/coast of South Africa, around the +ape
of Good 'ope into prevailing westerlies Can ideal situation for the wave
formations of staggering heightsdisputed long into whiskey nightseave local conditions and warm
currents aside, take a trip
deep inside the Antarctic +ircleto the ice($reaker Caledonian $tar
that found itself among storm wavesand .e$ruary weather, that faced a wall
of water a hundred feet highand a huge trough opening up
where the ($tarspilled into a free(falldriven $y gravity and momentum
There was an eplosionof salt(water on the $ridge
of $ooks and cushions,the helmsman and first officer
were thrown on top of each other,radar, gyrocompasses, sonar,
a?ua sounders and radio all knocked out'um$ling, $ut the engine still workedso they were a$le to face the waveshead on, and steer to calmer waters
'ere, on the Draupner Oil 9ig,in the middle of the
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The Glass
!ts minus three inside Kwind chill factorL'is shakes are real 'e is no actorto audition for this muted roleto stare into the glass and see it full
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Ba$es in 7e$land
ay with me on my sleeping couch foreveringer a while as ! copy and pastecheerleaders, sleepovers, group pleasures
Good things come to those who wander and waitfor the walkers of a million circuitswho like late night study dates .rench grinds too
There is so much ! could teach youhow to stake territory with your teeth,how $est to avoid stains on your $riefs
'ow many angels can dance on a microchip
proud of their emergence,well(groomed, sleek>
!ts not for money you come in your simplest form
of @eroes and ones
un$idden,naked for adorationyou demand $ut lack
Shhhhh Muiet onscreenEoure almost too old at thirteen$ut precisely what ! want to see"
a *D you for me
in a matching satin set like 'ayleys4y finger runs $lack
*-Time for the nests of summer ducksto free@e
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Streetwalker
7%hrough accident the shoe of an Athenianstreet"al'er has been preser*ed# On the sole,
nails for the "ords (Follo" 8e., as she "al'edalong inthe soft dusty streets of the city#9
Fernando 5enri:ue, )rostitutionand $ociety
Shes in the scuffed(up dust of soles,the thrust and stamp of soldiers $oots
whore weighed upon $y victorys loot,in the teeming ruts of peasant cartsthat tum$le($ump their wares to mart,$y $eggars $roken, thread$are sandals
'er fragrance is of crisp and freshstraw unpressed $y $odies or sweat! stare at windows a$ove my head,consider how she may $e dressedor undressed, looking at me, alone,at home, or in another mans $ed
! know not the sound of her voice,her demeanour of face, whethershes a slave or does this $y choice"%ust the si@e of her foot, her in dust
!ts lightly she lifts each step,unconscious as $reath after $reath
'er trail turns cold when ! least epect!m led once again to a co$$lers doorwhere he claims amnesia of hairand shoulders, the length of her lim$sSandman, you know your %o$ $ack to front,you see the reverse side of things"
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oveAfter the gentlest love(makingand ritual cigarette you whispere.*e ne*er seen a sunrise together
Theres more than an hour to goand ! know a lot can happen
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how often you poke her
its knowing when to ignoreand when to stroke her
and to poets
there are somewho use a pento cure a scratchin their parts
there are otherswho smooth and oiltheir pens $eforegoing up the arse
1*
9ogue 7ave
7;ou feel as if the end of the "orld has coe#9Capt# !ai !a*ies, sal*age e
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In 1=32 boo'binder +ichard $ith had fallen intodebt# 5e and his "ife, &ridget, 'illed their t"o-yearold daughter before hanging thesel*es#
6overtys rags are pitiful as our ta$les fareof stale $read and turnips, soup of water7e have watched the flesh melt from our daughter
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carried on an angels wings,and the $lue patterned crossas a $ird flies to paradise lost,
the lost and found of things
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!tll $e worth the effortto see the $edclothes $illow,puffed full of new gusts, fresh
!ll watch the wisps rise in a sweat,those old ghosts of our sorrowseorcised $y the rising sun,
and one, %ust one, promiseascending to this endThat PLo*e "ill tear us apart.,
my lover andsoulmate, comrade,friend
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into a dusk that grows $efore my eyes my handwithdraws from the receiver ! replace as your lipsclip a good$ye, where it shuddered to land
less than a minute ago" ! recall how, in 0oeys car,it clutched the seat 'e was so kind to give me a
liftand introduce me to =mma, the most $eautifulheart
! was trawled from the deep $y a peak of her lace,a net white as the chokers adorning a summer$eachof sea(froth, cockles and pearls, undulations ofspace
'er lim$s sure rhythms make me feel free, notguiltyThe right trickle of words ena$les my handsto $rush away your we$, and feel with clarity
the landscapes and compacts she creates withsand,the hourglass ! sing so highly of Sometimes,
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! $elieve ove comes clean, glowing and tanned
)10uly *225
Set in 15 Q *2 pt Garamond
The moral right of the author is asserted
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and the
Deep BlueSea
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