Chemistry Lesson
The elements react DNA destabilises
I take her to heart the cri de coeur
she takes me to bed At last!
one flesh a formula
awaiting an inevitable result
A known reality that sprightly cancer
the first argument those curious viruses
the puncture on the M25 the decomposition
the miscarriages of the body
the misery the beauty
Yet still we talk of love
as cell by cell sharing
moment by moment without rancour
without meaning without purpose
life slowly unravels within us
1964
1964
1964