The moon is not full as I look up
at three o’clock in the morning
trying to lead him by the hand
to my front door He will
not take my hand He puts
his hand on my butt
instead and we walk
to my front door
in the cloudmoon dark
having kissed and kissed I pause
and look at the moon thinking
it may be full But it’s not
There’s a big chunk
out of it and clouds
fuzzing and veiling it —
his halfclosed rolledback eyes
at four o’clock in the morning
as our hungry bodies
connect
I say I’m a poet
I look at the moon
But the moon is not full and he will
not take my hand
(As performed at the Bunbury Shorelines Festival 2010)