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Viggo Mortensen poetry
from his book, Recent Forgeries. They talk of relationships:
JUST
COFFEE
HE
WANTED BIGGER LOVE,
HAD
TO HAVE IT LIKE HE
HAD
TO DREAM HIMSELF
TO
SLEEP. RECROSSED
HIS
LEGS AND WAITED
FOR
HER TEARS. WHEN
THEY
CAME, HE HELD
HER
HAND, PRETENDED
TO
BE INTERESTED IN
SOMEONE
WALKING BY
THEIR
TABLE.
LUNCH
SHE
TOLD ME SHE WAS IN LOVE, AND THAT SHE JUST WANTED TO
ENJOY
IT FOR AS LONG AS IT LASTED. THAT SHE DIDN'T WANT TO
JUDGE
THE FEELING, COMPARE IT TO OTHER TIMES WITH OTHER
PARTNERS.
THERE WAS NOTHING GAINED FROM ANALYSING, SHE
SAID--ALL
IT DID WAS ROB YOU OF TIME BETTER SPENT IN THOSE
NEW
ARMS. THERE WASN'T ANYTHING FOR ME TO SAY. I LISTENED,
AND
IMAGINED THE MEMORABLE SUMMER SHE WAS HAVING. SITTING
ACROSS
FROM HER, I COULD FEEL HOW EASILY HER BREATHING CAME.
SHE
SEEMED STRONGER THAN I REMEMBERED. IT WAS PLEASANT TO
BE
WITH HER. I FORGOT ABOUT MY WORK, MY FAMILY, THE WEATHER--
EVERYTHING.
I ALMOST FORGOT TO PAY THE CHECK. SUDDENLY, SHE
WAS
KISSING ME ON THE CHEEK AND HURRYING HOME TO HIM,
LEAVING
ME STARING OUT THE PLATE GLASS AT THE LUSHNESS OF
A
WILLOW. AFTER FINISHING MY COFFEE, I WALKED SLOWLY
ACROSS
THE PARK, IN NO HURRY TO GET BACK TO THE OFFICE.
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