dirty old canal
lone Wellington boot floats
questions unanswered
~
CLP 21/04/2021
Tag Archives: Travel
At the platform there stood the London train
…the London train that was packed with people
people with different places to go
places thronged with colleagues and / or friends
friends some new, some known for years
years that have fallen like blossom
blossom scented with childhood memories
memories diffused by time and tide
tide that swept clear a foreign shore
a foreign shore where lovers swam
lovers who lost their faith in Love
Love that became too wild to tame
too wild that two hearts were rent
hearts that continued to beat like muffled drums
muffled drums we reading this will not hear
we who not know when our day will come
a day from which we cannot run
~
p.s. NaPoWriMo 2021 Day Twenty One prompt; repetitive set up.
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CLP 21/04/2020
On Water ii
a simple pleasure
just being ferried abroad
afloat beside you
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CLP 11//04/2021
Do Not Alight Here…
…the sign on the platform read
provoking that bloody-minded reaction
he saw as proof of living a life
still worth it, worth everything
worth going to bed
with a stranger once more
here might be the place
that could throw things up
burn the throat, whet the tongue
revive, refresh, rekindle
the screech of parakeets
colonising plane trees in the park
after-dark sounds on full reverb
in daylight on streets
of colour, black to white all blood
everyone from anywhere
who’ll do something, anything
no more bi this
no more buy that
stop and search me, why don’t you
I’m game as road-kill
as smart as street crime
as sharp as a wife
given half-a-clue to step out
and start out anew
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n.b. 
Day 3 here is how the cards fell when I cut the deck: whet, game. (For TC).
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CLP 03/04/2021
Flâneur
Less of a fork, more like a maze
Cul de sac, u-turn, or roundabout route
Chris-crossing cities, wandering wild
A rambling nose for amuse-bouches and side dishes
A taste for sharp turns, an eye for live mains
Which road is not travelled when most have been tried?
Still working through the start menu, rebooting worn shoes
Still with a pulse and nothing to lose.
~
n.b. Day 2 prompt: A road not travelled…
CLP 02/04/2021
L3 (Day 81.6): Bicycle
Gentle rotations. Wending through the old city. Taking in the architecture. Contemplating history and herstory.
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CLP 28/03/2021
On The Verge
Are we talking as
in ‘concede priority’
or ‘have had enough?’
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n.b. And does it matter anymore?
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CLP 25/03/2021
L3 (Day 78.5): On Air (ii)
Big mouth strikes again.
Three hours out and a puncture
Took wind from my sails
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n.b. Hahahahahahahahahahaha 🙄
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CLP 25/03/25
L3 (Day 78): On Air (i)
The pneumatic tyre is a great invention! ’nuff said.
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CLP 25/03/2021
On The Line
Remember I said
that all I need is a road?
I quite like trains too
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CLP 25/03/2021
