This poem is taken from Stand 231, 19(3) September - November 2021.

Nicola Vulpe Two Poems
Yes

Who was that young man last night?

I’d forgotten him through all the years,
shy, but not afraid to touch a woman.

If she said yes – you did say Yes, Yes! Yes!

You stood smiling by a doorframe,
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