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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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