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A Fault In The Architecture
I sat in the cafe as I had when a boy.
Sitting as if I'd see the world as I did back then,
When the steam from my tea cup
snatched a rainbow from the window light
It seemed the world was full of colour
But, now the cafe was derelict, charcoaled.
The window lay in shards & fragments
The colours of the rainbow, repelling
There was rot in the architecture
of both ...
Friday 16th August 2024 10:27 am
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