In The King’s Arms

Amber! Amber!
It is all amber.

The wood of the bar
Varnished with sunlight:
Amber!

The porter rolling in my
Glass like syrup:
Amber!

The eyes all around,
Blue, green and brown:
Amber!

Call them amber!
They’re warm enough,
For we are wracked —

Caught in hiccupped laughter,
Creased. Seeping to our edges,
Happiness has drenched us.
May it be forever
Thus.

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