ONE LEG ANNE IN THE SUMMER HOUSE.

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Oh don’t worry about me
said Anne

as you pushed her
in the wheelchair

along the avenue
of trees

towards the small
summer house

I can give as good
as I get

you stopped outside
the summer house

I guess you can
you said

Just because
I’ve only the one

fucking leg
doesn’t mean

I can’t stand
on my own foot

and she laughed
and rocked the wheelchair

and you watched
her shoulders rise

and fall
and then she said

Open the doors
of the summer house then

Skinny Boy
I don’t want to hang

around out here
like a eunuch outside

a whore’s door
so you opened the doors

of the summer house
and wheeled her in

and closed the doors
behind you

and she breathed in
the warm air

Here will do
Anne said

and you set her
by the back

and waited
by her side

and looked down
at her black hair

and the pink blouse
and the way her head

tilted to one side
Well sit down

beside me then
don’t stand there

like a limp thingamabob
on a wedding night

Ok
you said

and pulled a small chair
next to her

and she put her hand
on your knee

and gave it a squeeze
and said

Just me and you Skinny Boy
you in your short trousers

and me in my pink blouse
and flowery dress

they insist I wear
so as not to show

off my stump
and you felt

her fingers ride
along your thigh

and you put your hand
over hers to stop

the journey
of her fingers

and she said
Getting romantic Skinny Boy?

want to have a grab
of my stump?

and she took hold
of your wrist

and placed your hand
on her leg

There you go
she said

have a feel
and there was a sudden

burst of sunlight
through the glass

of the summer house
and she kissed your cheek

and somewhere outside
in the grounds

children played
and some kid laughed

but her hand
held you fast

and so there getting hot
you stayed.