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SOUTHERN ELECTRIC

rockabye lullaby

Southern Electric

in the dark

the sanctioning spark

Waterloo sunset

left behind

briefly forgotten

the daily grind

no man's land

of fretul speed

lives suspended

 commercial creed

rockabye lullaby

unholy ghost

dead man's handle

 the milepost.

train travel

◄ THE DAY THE CLOUDS CAME

THE UNPROTECTED STREET ►

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raypool

Thu 19th Nov 2015 21:48

I'm pleased your picked up on this Stu. I sweated over a long dissertation about the Waterloo departure larded with detail but thought it had no power to move. So this is brevity as you say, and I wanted to convey the motion.
I often rewrite brutally to whittle down.

cheers Ray

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Stu Buck

Thu 19th Nov 2015 21:30

great cyclical nature to this one. benefits from brevity, both per line and overall, and uses so few words to tell such a big story.

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