STUDY DUPLEX
An English Tragedy After Ian McEwan’s Atonement a young couple wrestle for control of a vase on the edge of a fountain unable to recognize mutual love and lust, break the object of beauty Aphrodite strips to her underwear submerges in the pool, emerges triumphant, angry, saturated
water drips from her glistening body remains behind on the paving stones evaporating like an absent father
meddlesome sister intervenes in adult affairs, naïvely destroys lives, performs the leading role in her one-girl play
mother retreats upstairs behind closed doors and drawn curtains, denies the reality of her existence goddess in a green silk dress leads her man to the dark library for spontaneous bookcase sex
innocent man accused of a shocking crime, convicted by class prejudices banished to prison, writes coded letters
Cambridge pals in black tie sip cocktails on the terrace, discuss investments keep calm and carry on with their privilege © liveencounters.net POETRY & WRITING Volume Three November - December 2023 Celebrating 14th Anniversary
