October 2005 / Volume Six / Issue Five
Graham Nunn
Getting into Character

smiling like an emotionally wet porn star
you were my first
one night stand
out back in the drop off zone
in the cool glow of neon

you told me
the trick to all this
was picturing yourself
somewhere else
& getting into character

you looked up at me
like a child
with ice-cream on its chin
& I took your hand
like a teacher
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