‘Her Hand in Mine’…….Very Old Carved Stone Balls…. Graffiti …..
by Bernie Bell - 08:07 on 08 September 2023
‘Her Hand in Mine’….
I don’t usually post Bartholomew’s ‘Wednesday Night Regular’ poems – not out of prudery or feminism – just plain old disapproval.
But this one is…what it is….
An innocent gesture
In this decadent club
Sipping my wine
Chatting with her
She slips her hand into mine
Our fingers braid
This effortless warmth
Is what I treasure
Not that she's half naked
Not that for a dollar
She'll remove her bra
Another regular arrives
She asks permission
To go to him
Knowing I'll grant it
As I know my refusal
Would be ignored
I'd rather she stay
But she's on the clock
And I'm just a customer
So I send her off
To make some money
Considering my past
This lack of jealousy
Surprises me but
No promises exchanged
No vows sworn
Not abandoned
I am released
Content to wait
Scribbling notes to myself
Until she slips her hand
Back into mine.
Reminds me of this…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4QnalIHlVc
…and that’s a compliment.
Remembering – and appreciating – Tina….
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Very Old Carved Stone Balls…
My previous observations about Carved Stone Balls – lots of them!…
https://theorkneynews.scot/?s=Carved+Stone+Balls+Bernie+Bell
…see section entitled CARVED STONE BALLS!...
http://www.spanglefish.com/berniesblog/blog.asp?blogid=16004
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Graffiti/Vandalism…..
And on Graffiti…prompted by Kenny Brophy’s most recent look at when the modern world collides with the ancient…….
https://theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com/2023/09/07/the-v-word/
Here goes….
https://theorkneynews.scot/2019/02/07/the-brodgar-graffiti-project-sunday-3rd-feb-2019/
https://theorkneynews.scot/2020/08/12/remembering-the-covenanters/
See ‘Hoxa Head’….
http://www.spanglefish.com/berniesblog/blog.asp?blogid=15892
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Here’s one I made earlier…. https://theorkneynews.scot/2021/09/22/the-heroes-of-harray-parish/
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