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City of Rooftops
This city of rooftops
this tangle of streets
Houses perched
upon hillsides
This fragmented view
a colour sample chart
of various greys
Choose any shade…
A ghoulish wind rattles
shivering window panes
as remnants of noisy leaves
shuffle down crooked lanes
Frozen snow
blocking passageways
I wiggle my toes
to keep the blood flowing
Between five rivers
a hill I rise, or will s...
Thursday 13th March 2025 11:26 am
Low Winter Son
I kick away the leaves
uncover the carved stones
And reading your names again
I let those feelings flood in
The two of you rest together
laid deep beneath the earth
There’s a tree that grows above you
and here’s me, treading my own winter
Life was in wealth, awhile
but I’ve been chasing that warmth
for three decades now
I’m tired and my body aches
There will be fireworks tonight
...
Thursday 23rd November 2023 3:23 pm
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