WHEN SHE MANAGED TO SLEEP ANOTHER HOUR

SHE WAS SO CLOSE TO SAID THAT IT ALMOST FELT LIKE THEY WERE DANCING

HER KNOTS TO BE UNTIED BY SAID

THIS COWARDLY NEW WORLD

HER UNFINISHED MORNING TEA WAS STILL THERE ON THE TABLE

SHE SCANNED THE CHART ONCE MORE BUT STILL COULDN'T FIND THE ITEM SAID HAD MENTIONED

SHE TOO KNEW THAT THE FALL SAID PREDICTED WAS INEVITABLE

MEN, DOGS, HOLES, BABIES, RAYS AND PRIMARY COLOURS

WHAT IS FOLLOWING?

THE NEXT TIME SHE SAW SAID SHE WAS WEARING GLOVES AGAIN

FOR HER OVERLAPPING CIRCLES OF FRIENDS, FAMILY AND ENEMIES, AND FOR SAID AS WELL, OF COURSE

THE SHARP EDGES SHE HAD BEEN USED TO

WHOSE RESPECT SHE HAD WITHOUT EVER HAVING TO EARN IT

SHE WAS A GOLDEN STAR AND SAID WAS A GOLDEN STAR, TOO

POSTERS THAT CAME OFF HER WALLS

SOMETIMES SHE DOESN'T MIND BEING A PRISONER AT ALL

A BROKEN RECORD

SHE SET THE TABLE FOR TWO ANYWAY

SHE LIT BOTH THE LAMP AND THE CANDLE

SHE HADN'T EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT LUNCH UNTIL AFTER FIVE

HOW EVERYTHING IN HER LIFE SEEMED SO RANDOM, WITHOUT ANY PATTERN

THAT DISTANCE, THAT DISTANCE, THAT DISTANCE

A PHONE CALL WOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH

SHE COULD SMELL THE SUNSHINE ON SAID'S SKIN

HER HEART OPEN, SAID'S EYES CLOSED

SINCE SHE AND SAID WEREN'T ON THE SAME ISLAND

FRANKLY, YES

FROM THE EAST SHE WAS TRAVELLING WESTBOUND WITH SAID

MAYBE IT'S HONEY, MAYBE IT'S A TRAP - MAYBE IT'S BOTH