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Tuesday, 14 August 2012

Of wider fortunes frown


Smile
Eyes of bigger fortunes
Trails blazed
In longer grass

Meanwhile
Cries of doubt are cast
Held now steady
Here in working class

Stiles
And cucumber sandwiches
Picnics, pitchers and jeroboams 
Of blackcurrant and lemonade

Meanwhile
Survivors of lives endured
Fair now ready
Where are their good times past

Trials…
Weights and tribulations
Of bigger nations
In times of famine or fast

Meanwhile
Those eyes
Of wider fortunes frown
In a round, sound & stronger glass



From the Collection I Suppose You could Call It Country, available on Kindle