Re: "Blue Car" / Will Dockery

Will Dockery wrote:

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Blue Car

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Blue car
fades into the foggy summer night.
Through the fog
there's a street light.
Another stranger passes into the night.

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Down in the valley
at the bottom of the city,
below the radio waves,
the night moves
in silent sad swirls.

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At the bottom of the city
it's silent and still,
almost dawn.
Light seeps from behind the trees
a pale sky, like your eyes.

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White bird flying,
sundown's edging in.
Scarlet sun throbbing.
In another country
it might be different.

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I hear the sounds
of birds in the trees
and you are so close
soft, like butter.

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I look into your eyes
in the morning light.
Walking on dew-covered grass.
Above us, the clouds churn white
feels like we're in some other century.

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Sitting on a red clay bank
in the shimmering, blazing sun.
You came from behind,
after watching me for a while,
then sat with me in the hot dry air.

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The moon is covered
by grey swirls of clouds,
as I walk the street at midnight
I notice a storm is brewing.

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-Will Dockery July 1977

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From the Shadowville Mythos poetry blog:
https://shadowville-mythos.blogspot.com/2021/03/blue-car.html

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A slice of 1970s life.... quite good....