We go everywhere br together br do everything br together. br br Well Woman Centre? br There I am br holding your hand br while you have a cervical smear br (you insistent I be there) . br br The doctor scowls. br I know you br inside br out. br br Now, here br an X-ray br displays you br and your skull br stares back at me br br glowing in ghostly br wonder. br I gaze at br the bare bones of you. br Your voice br talks to the nurse br br but like a ventriloquist br it seems to come br from your grinning skeleton. br That night br I hold you br in your sleep br br holding your dreams br in my embrace br comforted by br the warmth br of your all too human br flesh.