LAST VERSES

2000–THE PRESENT

 

2 – INGE LEAVING

Poem: Alasdair Gray © 2005
 

She seems to like me now there’s no denying,
  whose contempt used to give me dreadful pain.
    Will death undo the burden of her dying?

 Nine married years ended in grief and lying.
  Thirty years later we’re in bed again.
    She seems to like me now there’s no denying,

 and rules once more by recklessly defying
  the courses I consider the most sane.
    Will death undo the burden of her dying? 

She never felt it false to be relying
  on people she regarded with disdain
    yet seems to like me now there’s no denying.

 She never felt it false to be relying
  on people she regarded with disdain.
    Will death undo the burden of her dying? 

 Is it my strength or weakness that’s supplying
  the company she needs to ease her pain?
    She seems to like me now there’s no denying.
      Will death undo the burden of her dying?

 

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