Day 578 of the daily poems happens also to be 04 July, Election Day. The various political parties have been conducting courtships with the electorate since May, when Rishi Sunak made his rainy announcement of the election date. Our poet Alwyn Marriage contemplates a somewhat different date …
Fresher’s date
First year
invited out
by sophisticated
third year,
slightly tongue-
tied, shy,
wondering why
he chose me,
whether I’m
wearing the right
clothes for the
occasion,
how I should
respond if
he tries to
kiss me; and
is it too soon
to hold his hand?
………
Suddenly the awkwardness
is forgotten as our conversation
becomes more animated,
our fingers creep to meet
across the table and neither of us
notices the time fly by.
Alwyn Marriage