1st December 2004

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Room with a dead body in it

Because it was drugs-related,
because he was still there
with his vomit and bottle and socks on,
and he hadn’t cleared up the water he had slipped on,

Because it was late
and becasue of the tape
and the crime scene crew,
she and I were not allowed inside

were not allowed to touch
or breathe the smell of life
just gone