Greg Williamson(b. 1964)
Ill. Visiting Couple Kissing and Halved Onion
J/7. Visiting Couple Kissing and HalvedOnion
U n j u s t l y I've i m p o s e d u p o n m y f r i e n d s
T h i s ? It's an o n i o n that's b e e n c u t in half
W h e n they're (how shall I say) making amends
Right in the middle of the photograph,
After a night of words, and here they stand
Less like those pure, textbook transparencies
Wrapped up in one another, hand in hand,
T h a n layered a n d o p a q u e identities,
A n a r m a r o u n d a s h o u l d e r , f a c e t o f a c e ,
Developed in the dark to this full kit
A n d c a p t u r e d i n t h i s r a p t u r o u s e m b r a c e .
W h i c h h a s s o m a n y tears i n s i d e o f it.