1.
In the world in which you loved me
we listened to Schubert’s 5th performed
by The Kabul Philharmonic, then drove breathless
to the beach in Muswell Hill
in my pimped, soft-top Austin 1100.
2.
In the world in which you loved me
we ate fried broccoli from the Saturn branch
of Woolworths, then sweet-smiled again as we remembered
tasting Spurs’ fifth successive Super Bowl triumph
at the 5D cinema in Mordor.
3.
In the world in which you loved me
President Bill Murray declared a national
Day Of Mourning for all the white mice
who’d died defending freedom, and your mum –
still three years younger than you –
stopped wearing that coat.
4.
In the world in which you loved me
the July hurricanes fell until June
and we bought the last kind man
from eBay just as the internet closed forever.
5.
In the world in which you loved me
there was no such thing as a child’s death
and no such thing as hope or wish
because every day was blue and soft
and every night wore silk and wine.
6.
In the world in which you loved me
there was no other world
in which you loved me.