Re: Mari / Will Dockery

Will Dockery wrote:

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Mari

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She's got a dress
blue with yellow stars
blues and yellows
and their mixture like space duel.
A little green hair-holder in back.

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Her stare is blue
strands of gold hair hanging.
We stand staring as bombs explode.
In the distance out by the sunset.

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This is not really as it seems, is it?
This is more than a balcony
and you're more than a woman.

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I saw Brookwood demolished
and I thought about
that damned ball and chain.

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Tasted the dust of ancient
and I do remember.

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Her dress had these symbol
star-like squiggles
the flame had affected her some.

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I saw the multicolored fire
it skipped frantically across alandscape.

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This is not really a balcony
and you're more than a woman.

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I felt the softness
the misty air was choking and warm.

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Colors: lavender, amber, sky blue.
Stencil writings.

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Bricks and scratchy sheetrock that squeaks
beneath it all.

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The animals all taking on a color of wonder.

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This is not really what is seems like
is it?

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This is not more than a balcony
and you're only a woman.

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-Will Dockery

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(From the archives)

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Having another reading and this poem is top flight....