Afternoon slice on a Pavlova Plate
English
Tall
Bearded
His greeting smile to a stranger
Like drawing the curtains
Full flood of morning light
He seemed genuinely pleased
to see me
we talked of music
danced
and laughed for a slice of afternoon
and
he left me with
his generosity of spirit
a simple knowing of him
He took a pavlova plate
Which
He may
Or may not use
He was funny
And gay
And going to die
Of aids