The Conversation
It’s been quite a while now and…
You know we get on like a house…
August twelfth, a year ago, can you…
I bet you thank your lucky…
Things have evolved, haven’t…
Can you believe we’re both still…
You know how in Prague when…
Did you think you’d ever be standing…
I know you want to be free but…
Honestly, who else would put up…
We should probably sit down and…
You said you wanted to meet new…
And of course I have my things…
So how do you see things with…
It’s like when you came back from your…
And another thing while we’re on…
Feels like something has shifted and I…
You know you use the word ‘sweet’…
Do you stand by what you once…
About New Years, we should probably…
Paul Stephenson has three pamphlets: Those People (Smith/Doorstop, 2015), The Days that Followed Paris (HappenStance, 2016), written after the November 2015 terrorist attacks; and Selfie with Waterlilies (Paper Swans Press, 2017). His debut collection Hard Drive was published by Carcanet in summer 2023. Website: paulstep.com / Instagram: paulstep456 / Twitter: @stephenson_pj