Document 603
Being Intimate
Author(s): Maureen Sangster
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tae the place it fits
it feels like gid sweet sherry works
bamboozlin tae the wits
I've rin oot frae ma human coat
I'm like a plant that slips
I'm slippin frae the tabletop
Ma pot'll drop! Ma pot'll drop!
I hae three breasts upon ma chest
Yer sweet head's one o them
Ye flung ma jumper far enough
but now ye're makin friends
I hae a flight o seagulls
that's liftin through ma head
O catch their wings, those lovely things
and tuck yer hands beneath
their soft white breasts
You curve ma back
I shape yer arm
We're sure of what we do
We're rapidly escapin frae
a box o a bedroom
The angles are a altered
the ceilin's bashin through
O knobble nibble knobble
knobble knobble nibble noo!
That window looks fair gackit
Has it got a new view too?
Instead o streets an city muck
does it look to frothy blue?
For I feel we are on holiday
nae in a city pit
so unrestrained
let's begin again
being intimate
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