Thursday, February 27, 2014

Scenes: Just walking home at night

Looking down at the rabbits, bobbing, as frisking buoys in their sea
And the cat belonging too – the scene.

The “The windmill” hostelry the old fogies’ now two hours dark.
And the night, in its infancy plays with ducks.

Stepping on; it grew (an idea) and to the sentence charm and wit
I rolled on my back and took a draw on a cigarette,

Humour (I thought would make us) - it would fail -
The gag disguised the meaning the serpent is the serpent;

The pregnant night grew on the light we almost grew to fear
Like an iterant do-gooding-parent - still there was time

Down by the tracks the light reflect around and off the metal
Showing the rails like swords in some magnificent battle.


By Jonathan Beale

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