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Dear Valentine,
list on the space below
the three things you won't eat,
won't do in bed,
one joke,
two dreams.
Describe when "No" means "NO!"
Five quirks
(and what you ought
to do...
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First ears: I would like two.
One either side,
I'm not a cubist.
Eyes:
the same as mine
though others have their charm,
however dyed
and all if spied
reveal a soul's design.
A nose:
but...
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Constantine Cavafy 1863-1933, Greek poet living most of his life in Alexandria.
This is probably my favourite of Cavafy's poems, the one where the mundane and the divine most closely intermingle....
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My friend Debbie and I have been taking evening walks after dinner for years. Always around dusk we walk over to the old community next to us purposely to pass the house on the corner. The old...
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