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Monday, October 10, 2011

PROMISE



PROMISE





and nightfall brings
the promise of release
from daily toil



the neon skyline
shimmeringly bathes
the arena of desire



in technicolour majesty





Malcolm Evison 

a few nights ago - in the wee small hours - these lines emerged, shaped and reshaped themselves, as I lay in that hinterland between wakefulness and restlessness - I scribbled them down before trying to settle back to sleep and I've just rediscovered
the scribbled note







                                         

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