ALL TOUCH
(Carole Pope)
Rough Trade


I pushed her tense face away from me
I pushed her tense face away from me
The hard smile the voice going on like a razor blade on glass
All touch but no contact
It hit me like it hit me like
It hit me like a slap
All touch and no contact

I pushed his hand away from me
I pushed his hand away from me
Splintering fragments of conversation
Never got down to cold hard facts
All touch but no contact
It stabbed me like it stabbed me like
It stabbed me like
A knife in the back
All touch and no contact

Tense my body for the final attack
All touch and no contact

I pushed her tense face away from me
I pushed her tense face away from me
The hard smile the voice going on like a razor blade on glass
All touch but no contact
It hit me like it hit me like
It hit me like a slap
All touch and no contact

Challenging eyes over the rim of a cocktail glass
Hoping I'd react
All touch but no contact