{"id":1096,"date":"2007-11-05T20:55:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-05T20:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=1096"},"modified":"2014-02-26T09:39:15","modified_gmt":"2014-02-26T09:39:15","slug":"for-sharon-by-gary-kissick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/for-sharon-by-gary-kissick\/","title":{"rendered":"for Sharon by Gary Kissick"},"content":{"rendered":"

for Sharon<\/span>


I know I said I loved<\/span>
Helena Bonham Carter,<\/span>
but since I’ve met you, Sharon,<\/span>
I’ve gone off her.<\/span>

It’s true I said I hated<\/span>
that shameless whore Madonna,<\/span>
but since you said you like her,<\/span>
I’ve gone on her.<\/span>

Your pin-up boy<\/span>
is love’s hegemonist: <\/span>
Darcy dripping<\/span>
pride and prejudice.<\/span>

The wounded voice<\/span>
of Bobby Dylan<\/span>
you called a cow<\/span>
in need of killing.<\/span>

Twice forever.<\/span>
Two divorces.<\/span>
One’s much safer betting<\/span>
on horses.<\/span>

Love’s a menace.<\/span>
Love’s a yoke.<\/span>
Love’s an egg<\/span>
in tennis.<\/span>

Let’s break it gently<\/span>
to our frail mothers first.<\/span>
Then I’ll call Helena,<\/span>
you Colin Firth.<\/span>


\u2022 This poem comes from Gary Kissick’s new collection Another Kissing Couple Has Exploded which was published by Gatehouse Press (see link in sidebar) last month.<\/span>
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