He threw me across the stage <br />Wildly, night after night <br />'Get thee to a nunnery! ' <br />Black eyes blazing <br />Gay, but you'd never know <br />He kissed like a dream <br /> <br />'Hath not a Jew eyes? ' <br />He clutched my sleeve <br />Imploring, night after night <br />Hands deformed like claws <br />Body shrunken, transformed <br />Into the embittered Shylock <br /> <br />As Prospero he was massive <br />With staff and book and magic cloak <br />Commanding the stage <br />'O, a Cherubin thou wast, that did preserve me! ' <br />He kissed my forehead <br />Tenderly, night after night <br /> <br />'Little Allie Bird, well bugger me! ' <br />I hadn't seen him in years <br />He was working at the local tip <br />Slim and energetic as ever <br />The theatre work had dried up <br />'Can't seem to remember the bloody lines! ' <br /> <br />Last week his partner brought him to visit <br />He was wearing a red baseball cap <br />They'd just got him into a home <br />He was so pleased to see me <br />We hugged and laughed a lot <br />He couldn't remember who I was<br /><br />Alison Cassidy<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/remembering-bill/
