Had a dream about you last night
I woke in the small hours
to find you
sitting at the foot of the bed
in our hotel room.
...
I studied Uri Geller until I was wise
to all his tricks,
refined them, took my show
on the road, won fame
...
Having seen gold in the churches of Spain,
the conquistadors,
inconsolable for want of it,
pursued a gleam visible
...
I've never known quite
what to make of birthdays,
perplexed as I am
by a celebration of
...
Conversations end abruptly
like fingersnaps and
a world tangible
and inconvenient intrudes.
...