MANCHESTER APHRODITE

MANCHESTER APHRODITE

I am
always dreaming of Manchester

always dreaming of Aphrodite

she comes from
Reykjavik, she comes from
Kingston, she comes from
Tehran, she comes
the South, further
South than
Richmond, New Orleans,
Auckland, Canberra or
Johannesburg

further East than
Manilla, Lahore, Madras,
Shanghai, Singapore or Osaka

further left than
Rosa Luxemburg or
Dolores La Passionaria

but I jest;
of course I jest,

she only ever appears as you

perhaps
she is you

and I am doomed to haunt
the dream streets, twists
and turns and
secret alleyways of
this
city looking for you

only for
the beauty, utter beauty
of single
devastating glimpse.