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I visited
the National Film Theatre on London’s South Bank last night; it is hosting a
season of Montgomery Clift films throughout February. I really enjoyed watching
a young Elizabeth Taylor and Clift in A
Place in the Sun. I have also pre-booked to see them again in the American
Civil War epic, Raintree County and Suddenly, Last Summer later this month.
Both were very beautiful people as well as incredibly talented actors. Clift
was gay, of course, so I was able to give my imagination a free rein…
I am feeling a little low and tense at the moment. I see my prostate cancer consultant again on Feb
27th and will have a cataract removed on March 1st. Fingers
crossed that all goes well…
Oh, but
there’s nothing like a trip to the cinema when you’re feeling low!
A SHORT (GAY) HISTORY OF CINEMA
He stepped
out of a movie,
came and
sat next to me where I was alone
between
rows of heads
so close
together the screen was in pieces
(just
like I was…)
He put his
lips to my ear
and told
me no one has a monopoly on love
so why
don’t I do something
about
sitting here on my own, torn in pieces
by
strangers
He put an
arm around me
letting his
tongue caress the lobe of my ear
gently
tugged at my chin
till I
was being sucked into the whites of eyes
like a
priest’s silk
He kissed
me on the lips
gently
prising mine apart to let in his tongue
while tender
hands explored
nether
regions of a body I scarcely recognized
as my own
Oh, but I
responded as eagerly
as the child
hugged by a relative come to stay,
but never
long enough
to put
together all the pieces of the family jigsaw,
make it
whole
He returned
to the movie
where
music was playing, credits already showing,
leaving
me hungering for more
where I
sat in pieces, but coming together courtesy
of strangers
Copyright
R. N. Taber 2013
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