༺ bucket ༻

slender Sevilla was from Roma
deep brown drowning eyes
black springing ringlets
I fell
in

she made me laugh so hard
Greek delirious night life
last bars closing
let’s find
somewhere

cat burgling across ceiling joists
drunken Russians sprawled below
a locked room
damned key
undiscovered

joy back on the street
under a lamp post
orbitted by mosquitos
she had
waited

the Cyclades rocks still warm
radiating summer’s ferocious heat
night breezes cooling
grateful limbs
caressed

wandering beachward arm in arm
beyond the street lights
firework stars errupted
slow motion
aloft

our sliding dark interiors commingled
lying on the sand
breath taken plunging
shuddering together
immaculate

racing hearts slowed and soared
gentle waves came reaching
a cradled moment
drifting into
galaxies

our youth not entirely squandered
we seized the night
honouring Aphrodite’s grace
with our
yes