one wintery summer
i invite her
to dine with me
a casual occasion
where formally
i shall seek intimate
polite conversation
that wants to explore
the intricacy
of her womanhood
after which
i hope she will join me
civilly
somewhere though
i lose touch
and see
she now has plans
to change her name
Geoffrey Aitken writes in Adelaide, on unceded Kaurna land as an awarded emerging poet whose stylized industrial minimalism shares his lived experience with publishers both locally (AUS) and internationally (the UK, US, CAN, Fr & CN). Most recent US, ‘Déraciné Magazine’ and Wishbone Words’, in the UK.
