The Poetry Of Paul
            Squires


            
 

            
QUOD ERAT DEMONSTRANDUM



            "But I am a witch and I take the weather with me and the
            past three days we had beautiful sunshine and it rained here
            in B……. and now today it is beautiful sunshine"



            …seared salmon strips and salad

            with a lemony vinaigrette, leaned back,

            looked up as full and happy and content

            as the moon rising over the river,



            when thoughts of their own volition

            flew to you to slide softly into that

            warm bed where all wanderings and

            wonderings dissolve into an embrace.



            Since every sense is encompassed

            By the delight of you

            I quite literally cease to be

            and in my place and in my arms



            the softness of your skin

            and its scent of orchids,

            the slow inevitable rhythm of your breathing,

            the smile which changes your eyes

            and time's fascination with your lips



            and was only returned to the garden bar of

            the riverside restaurant by tinny speakers

            crackling into life and playing



            "Everywhere you go,

            You always take the weather,"

            
 

            
Paul Squires is un-elected
            Poet Laureate (and resident genius) of the entire kingdom of
            Australia. His work blends several worlds at once, eclipsing
            none but inclusive of all, emotionally bonding the reader to
            the words.