Catrin by Gillian Clarke

'I can remember you, our first / _____ confrontation'

'I can remember you, our first / Fierce confrontation'

'the tight / Red _____ of love which we both / Fought over'

'the tight / Red rope of love which we both / Fought over'

'We want, we shouted, / To be two, to be _____'

'We want, we shouted, / To be two, to be ourselves'

'a square / Environmental blank, _____ / Of paintings or toys'

'a square / Environmental blank, disinfected / Of paintings or toys'

'coloured the clean squares / With the wild, tender _____ / Of our struggle'

'coloured the clean squares / With the wild, tender circles / Of our struggle'

'bringing up From the heart's pool that old rope, _____ about my life,'

'bringing up From the heart's pool that old rope, Tightening about my life,'

'As you ask may you skate / In the _____, for one more hour'

'As you ask may you skate / In the dark, for one more hour'