The Act of Love

The Act of Love lies somewhere

between the belly and the mind

I lost the love sometime ago

Now I’ve only the act to grind.

Brought her home from a party

don’t bother swapping names

identity’s not needed

when you’re only playing games.

High on bedroom darkness

we endure the pantomime

ships that go bang in the night

run aground on the sands of time.

Saved in the nick of dawn

it’s cornflakes and then goodbye

another notch on the headboard

another day wondering why.

The Act of Love lies somewhere

between the belly and the mind

I lost the love sometime ago

Now I’ve only the act to grind.