Only Joking
"It was just a joke”
you said
the night you came back,
a typical wind-up
that we should have known better
to believe.
Of course you weren’t dead!
It would take more than a few cigarettes
to extinguish your flame!
“Look”, you said,
“I’ll give you a hug”.
And you did,
a good solid one,
not spiritual
not virtual
but real.
So we all had a laugh
and a pint
and then you left
again.
- © Lynn White 2023
Lynn White lives in north Wales. Her work is influenced by issues of social justice and events, places and people she has known or imagined. She is especially interested in exploring the boundaries of dream, fantasy and reality. She was shortlisted in the Theatre Cloud 'War Poetry for Today' competition and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net and a Rhysling Award. Find Lynn at: https://lynnwhitepoetry.blogspot.com and https://www.facebook.com/Lynn-White-Poetry-1603675983213077/
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