Herewith a foretaste:
and if you went away?
how would you remember me?
you only saw me for a moment or two, am I a body?
what colour is my long dress with slit skirt?
did you get a good look at my skin and at the way the fabric hugs my body?
do I have a clear face?
did you see the spectacles I was wearing
the almond-shaped glasses
rather like
the eyes of a cat?
you are haunted by the way I smiled at you
but don’t all girls do that
behind glass
grimace a hundred times a day?
yes.
but this was real.
we’re both convinced of that.
aren’t we?
no this was real.
we both know that.
don’t we?
no this was real.
we shouldn’t doubt it
– should we?