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Non-woke rant

Somerset evening: cider mainly,
The reddisk of the setting sun
I stumbles among the trees and roar
to the gods of the lost trees:
A rustling army of fallen leaves abound me
Encircle me, quite. Alcohol blushes reach a wall of cloud 
A visitor from the north, that's me
Gravitational lines pull us apart
as friends of yours  come and go
An elderly uncle sails over the trees
Means nothing to me.  An end of twine
A sort of connection links the now and then
In clenched teeth I  pedestrianise memory
Deviation exists: forward, backward, right, left up, down
I do not frown, I just observe the sun, in agony,
Scream: Forward! And the leaves are attacking me
Furiously, mercilessly, In vain...
Now there is silence
As I remember this hard rain ... 
Streets turn into mushrooms, an acid paradise, 
Four-legged mammals clatter into asphalt
I hear the stones of the city, their sympathy for the devil is lacking.
As all things drift to phosphoresce
As suddenly the clouds part 
You  see the sun trying again
To lift my spirits in this last campaign
Nobody grunts anymore
We are all so sophisticated?
Statements made into questions?
All that puerile shit. That's it.

What's more to die for?  

◄ Things fall apart

Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir, 9 January 1908 – 14 April 1986 ►

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John Marks

Fri 12th Mar 2021 22:55

Dear Keith. I'm glad you could smile. So can I. I expect you too to read between lines. You are very wise. John

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keith jeffries

Fri 12th Mar 2021 22:39

John,
This must be one of your best. I feel as if I have been thrown about only to stand up and read it all again. The video along with the last five lines encapsulate your deepest thoughts or so I imagine.
Thank you for this
Keith

PS An elderly uncle sails over the trees. That really does conjure up my imagination and I break out into a smile

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