1964
The 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 those curious viruses
the first argument that sprightly cancer
the puncture on the M25 the decomposition
the miscarriages of the body
the agony the beauty
Yet still we talk with love
as cell by cell sharing
moment by moment without rancour
without purpose without understanding
life slowly unravels within us