Bristol Green

I was staying with you at a jade hotel in the centre of the city

Before our journey home I left you in the shower

As I wanted to photograph our train

Which was lucky for me

Because it was the Bristol Green

 

Camera Obscura

From the camera obscura

I could see you naked in the bedroom

The late summer light was highlighting

The lavender love sheets

To a great effect

 

Camera Obscura

As we were making love

On the lavender sheets

I could see the camera obscura

In the shadows on the hillside above

I knew that we were being watched

 

The Centre of the World  

You always wore my engagement ring

On a silver chain around your neck

As we walked around the city

You noticed that the chain had slipped

We considered the love token gone

But as you bathed later that day

You found my ring

Hidden in the centre of your world

 

The Storm

On the second Wednesday of August

A terrible storm hit Bristol

Parts of the city were flooded

But we remained dry

As we had sheltered under Miss Henley’s petticoats

 

Temple Meads   

Whilst waiting for you at the railway station

I drank coffee and sang slave songs

To the green oysters

Who presented me with emeralds

When their supplies allowed