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Lackaday (1b)
LACKADAY
Who’d have thought
After all this time
Such a short
Encounter
Might still be gleaming so bright
After fifty years
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The Wound We Wind
THE WOUND WE WIND
Round and round we wind
The wound we wound around us
Tight in our own grasp
History is history
The present we give ourselves
Birds On The Wire
BIRDS ON THE WIRE
Oh, Jenny
Recalling yet
How we’d sing it together back then
Swapping the words back and forth
… drunk …
… choir …
… tried …
… way …
… free
Leonard has passed
Me, I stagger on
Wondering
Where you are now
And even
If …
Oh, Jenny
Oh, Miss Jones
Old Lovers: Four By Six
OLD LOVERS
That curious rhythm
Stitched us to its branchings
Caught up in its weaving
Gladly surrendering
Memory Lane
MEMORY LANE
I quite like
revisiting
ancient haunts;
lightly caressing
the memories evoked.
I learnt long ago
the foolishness
of regret,
of expectation
or disappointment.
Books Rule (A Four By Six)
BOOKS RULE
Recalling a childhood
Seeking companionship
Family or authors?
Sad to say no contest
Memoirs
MEMOIRS
A story or two
They’d tell out
These folded fingers
If gifted a fresh blush of
Lips, palate, tongue
A blessing this perhaps
Or rather more a curse
Or better still the both
A confession, an absolution
Each sat astride its mirror
Hubris swallowed, spat out
These crablike fingers
Clutching at straws
While nearby a camel
Patiently awaits a breaking
Oh, what a story
They would spill
Then two then three
Then four than five
These mottled fingers
Five Day Song Challenge: Day Five
Audrey Dawn – The Oldest Daughter & Red Headed Sister suggested I address myself to meeting this challenge. Two difficulties arise: I. as long time readers will know, I have already posted a number of my favourites so they aren’t eligible; 2. I am by necessity limited to tracks which are freely available on line. In retaliation I decided not to further restrain myself to sticking solely to tracks with lyrics.
5. James Taylor – Stop Thinkin’ ‘Bout That.
The lyrics can be found at http://www.metrolyrics.com/stop-thinkin-bout-that-lyrics-james-taylor.html.
Ben Naga 