A brief encounter in St Kilda <br />With a brash young man <br />Who smoked cigarettes sexily <br /> <br />A weekend of physical education <br />For a young girl with curly hair <br />That made her toes curl <br /> <br />A black and white photograph <br />'The promise of things to come? Uh? <br />Signed Fred Hughes,1963' <br /> <br />A solemn promise made to <br />An older woman with red hair <br />In the dressing room of the Union Theatre <br /> <br />A pile of love letters hidden <br />In the drawer of the old chest <br />And read guiltily from time to time <br /> <br />An unsigned poem dated 1993 <br />'It is so still.. so still.. <br />I'm sure that you must hear me' <br /> <br />A figure in a red jumper <br />In Lygon Street, Carlton <br />Looking younger than his sixty-two years <br /> <br />A memorable kiss <br />In the front seat of the old Skyline <br />That released an avalanche of longing <br /> <br />A decision three months later <br />Made unequivocally <br />And painfully, SO painfully <br /> <br />A beautiful 49th birthday <br />With a dozen red roses <br />And blissful love-making all day <br /> <br />To be continued....<br /><br />Alison Cassidy<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/snapshots-1963-1993/
