New poem – ‘Plus One’.

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‘Plus One’.

By David Milligan-Croft.

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I’ve been nominated for an award.

The ceremony is in a couple of weeks

at a swanky country mansion.

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The invitation came in the post, all official like.

It says I can bring a ‘plus one’.

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Of course, the first person I thought of

was you.

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If I did pluck up the courage

to invite you, (which I won’t),

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I should imagine, you’d be shocked, 

and appalled, at the prospect

of spending an evening with me.

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Instead, I shall fantasise

about it for a while.

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Imagine you smiling and laughing,

your lips glistening, eyes scintillating

as you sip champagne.

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And after, my tuxedo jacket

draped around your shoulders

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as we walk hand-in-hand, 

down a starlit country lane

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that never ends.

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