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GIRL
James Trevelyan
Why always Christmas time;
always Jingle Bell Rock;
the threat of snow.
Why always the slow pan across the cityscape;
open window, billowing drapes;
always the top floor.
Why always the potential heroine;
the pretty girl in a silk slip;
breast and nipple carefully displayed.
Why always alone, writhing in sleep, wakefulness, ecstasy;
coke over the coffee-table;
always a dodgy batch.
Why always making a grab for fame;
the good girl fallen;
the prominent dad downtown.
Why always naked, wasted;
testing the strength of the balcony fence;
always weightless and hilarious.
Why a car bonnet that breaks the fall;
the shirt always open, not a hair out of place,
like Ophelia or a centrefold.
James Trevelyan grew up in the Midlands and now lives in South London. This poem is taken from his debut pamphlet of poems DISSOLVE to: L.A., a book of action movie poems published by the Emma Press, and was first published in Inky Needles. The poem describes the opening scene of Lethal Weapon.
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