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in the lobby
as I was going outI held the doorfor someone coming inon my returnthat someoneheld the door for me“We meet again!”‘Sliding doors’Came the replyNot quite correctlyBut not wrong ~ n.b. Never let semantics disrupt a flow. Exchanges of pleasantries are just that, pleasant. CLP 03/07/2024 Read more
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on air
Windows wide openNot a star in sightJust a grey cloudscapeLumpy darknessDraining itself of rainThat falls in sheetsThat will be rumpledBy the irregular passing of carsDrops drum softlySetting leaves to danceThe inadequate gutter Drops a tinny beatOn the sill belowI will sleep well tonightIn cleansed airHappy to hear the steady tapTap tap tap tapOf the overflow Read more
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on the bridge
The city’s rail terminalA two-wheeled display unitThe size of a shopping trolleyLeaflets offering Free classesAs if anyone might chargeFor lessons to read a bookThat’s copyright lapsedwell before copyright was lawA book that Gutenberg stamped outAgain, again and againWord for wordThe Word made cashMade lots of moneyStill makes moneyEven the Orange OneCashed in on TruthA blessingFor Read more
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Gooseberry Fool
Lemon and gooseberryI bought one of eachThinking magnanimity would prevailShould I ask for the sharper of the twoThe greenerThe rarer for it’s limited seasonalityThe gooseberry My deserved dessert delightMy treat for buying dinnerThat steamy June nightKindly, when the time arrivedShe handed me a teaspoonThen my chilled dessertWhich, expecting GooseberryI accepted in trustIndeed could tasteUntil I Read more
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on Ukraine
waves of men sent outa thousand per day slaughtered Moscow’s heroics ~ n.b. Latest news from the front, that Russia’s military leaders are cynically despatching infantry to fight their war, despite extremely heavy losses, (estimated at 31,000 in May 2024, according to a NY Times report today), beggars belief. The men in Moscow forget that Read more
Journey of Words 