Struck
- Struck
After we candles met it was decided to ditchany tricks of the light.Same table, each monthwith our wax spread & conjoined to forma museum of our previous couplings.
Thought we were romantic, subtle even.Already paid.No matches needed, we'dself-ignite as waiters flapped unheededpast our buffet of shadows. [End Page 125]
Les Wicks
Les Wicks, whose work has been translated into fourteen languages, has published fourteen collections of poems and has performed widely across Australia and overseas. He conducts workshops around Australia and runs Meuse Press, which focuses on poetry outreach projects. His most recent book of poems is Belief (Flying Islands, 2019).
