Mary and I lay on the crisp white sheets<\/p>\n
Of the bed in our hotel room<\/p>\n
There was a small yellow stain<\/p>\n
On the sheet<\/p>\n
But we did not care<\/p>\n
Behind the wall near to the top of our bed<\/p>\n
We heard an elevator thunder by<\/p>\n
It was rising rapidly<\/p>\n
Towards the twenty-eighth floor<\/p>\n
The penthouse suite was on the twenty-eighth floor<\/p>\n
And I had initially booked it<\/p>\n
But had surrendered my booking<\/p>\n
To a party of nuns celebrating Easter<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Have you ever noticed that if you stare into the television that the table lamp by the window creates a shadow that tricks the eye into believing that a small outbuilding is attached to the wall?<\/i><\/p>\n
Yeah I have noticed that <\/i><\/p>\n
Do you not find it strange?<\/i><\/p>\n
Not really <\/i><\/p>\n
Hold my hand<\/i><\/p>\n
I am holding your hand<\/i><\/p>\n
Hold my hand<\/i><\/p>\n
I am holding your hand<\/i><\/p>\n
Hold my hand<\/i><\/p>\n
I am holding your hand<\/i><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I rose from the bed and switched the television on<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I see that the freedom roads have opened again <\/i><\/p>\n
They have been open for months <\/i><\/p>\n
I know<\/i><\/p>\n
Never close your mind to the many possibilities that exist <\/i><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
Mary was sitting on the edge of the bed<\/p>\n
And stroked the crisp white sheets<\/p>\n
With her delicate hand<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The yellow stain is getting bigger\u00a0 <\/i><\/p>\n
I can see that <\/i><\/p>\n
Why was the sheet stained?<\/i><\/p>\n
Who stained the sheet? <\/i><\/p>\n
It was stained when you gave it to me <\/i><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
The Queen rose and walked towards the large windows that overlooked her city<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Where is my crown?<\/i><\/p>\n
On the chair in the corner <\/i><\/p>\n
I cannot let my subjects see me without my crown <\/i><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
I passed the crown to Mary and she carefully placed it on her head<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
When I died a famous composer created a requiem for me <\/i><\/p>\n
I was aware of Mr Purcell\u2019s generosity <\/i><\/p>\n
Did you enjoy it?<\/i><\/p>\n
No<\/i><\/p>\n
Why?<\/i><\/p>\n
Because I was grieving for you <\/i><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
I stood next to my Queen and looked at the breaking day<\/p>\n
On the sixth floor of the hotel opposite I saw a woman with a movie camera filming us<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Do you realise that we are being filmed by your Lady in Waiting <\/i><\/p>\n
Yes I asked her to record my visit\u00a0 <\/i><\/p>\n
But we are lovers and I visit you often <\/i><\/p>\n
What is your name? <\/i><\/p>\n
You know my name <\/i><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
Mary removed her crown and lay on the bed<\/p>\n
Her Lady in Waiting was still filming us<\/p>\n
I climbed on to the bed and placed my hand<\/p>\n
On Mary\u2019s pale shoulder<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I am with child you know <\/i><\/p>\n
Yes I can see the disturbance<\/i><\/p>\n
Hold my hand<\/i><\/p>\n
I am holding your hand<\/i><\/p>\n
Hold my hand<\/i><\/p>\n
I am holding your hand<\/i><\/p>\n
Hold my hand<\/i><\/p>\n
I am holding your hand<\/i><\/p>\n
Hold my hand<\/i><\/p>\n
I am holding your hand<\/i><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
Mary rang her Lady in Waiting and requested that she ceased filming<\/p>\n
Her Lady complied and left the hotel almost immediately<\/p>\n
Without the movie camera<\/p>\n
Which remained stationary at the window<\/p>\n
I admired the design of the camera<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Please would you stop writing and hold me <\/i><\/p>\n
I am holding you <\/i><\/p>\n
You are writing on my back <\/i><\/p>\n
What are you writing?<\/i><\/p>\n
An account of our time together <\/i><\/p>\n
Hold me<\/i><\/p>\n
Kiss me <\/i><\/p>\n
Love me <\/i><\/p>\n
I will hold you in my arms until the night returns <\/i><\/p>\n
Sleep my Queen <\/i><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
Mary fell asleep within a few short minutes<\/p>\n
I watched the moon as its light created shadows<\/p>\n
On her smooth back<\/p>\n
The moon in its many phases turned from<\/p>\n
cream to orange<\/p>\n
from orange to silver<\/p>\n
from silver to indigo<\/p>\n
I did not witness its crimson phase<\/p>\n
As I too succumbed to sleep<\/p>\n
During these last hours<\/p>\n
Of our time together<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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