Terry Collett Poems

Lisa dresses for school,
buttons up the blouse
with fumbling fingers.
She stares down at her
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At Waterloo Station
the steam engines
puffed powerful steam
reaching up
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Madrid
and after the street salesman
conned you
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Jane fainted in the town
by the coach
on Saturday morning
and her mother
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Fay met you
on your way home
from school
standing by the entrance
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Mona sits on the school bus,
the noise of the other children
seems far away, she is indulging

in her thoughts. Lisa will get
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Jane waited for you
by the narrow road
that led to Linch farm
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When Helen heard
that Pete Badam
had poked your guts
she said
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All or nothing at all
her father had said
and it seemed right

until she met Harpoon
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Before choir practice
before entering
the vestry door
you and Judith
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