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Published: 23-Feb-2013
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Story Summary "Old enough to be
your father!" Yes,
I play the cliche out
with wry surprise
at my anxiety
for her response,
but, with peculiar
brightness in her eyes,
she sits up straight
in my heat-crumpled bed,
then bends and kisses.
"Young enough to be
my child," she whispers,
"and, of love, my lover!"
moving upon me
ancient as the sea.
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British-born academic, writer, poet, and anthologist. Skelton was an authority on Irish literature. He is well known for his work as a literary editor; he was a founder and editor of The Malahat Review, and a translator. Known as a practicing Wiccan, Skelton also published a number of books on the subject of the occult and other neopagan religions.