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Saturday 20 June 2015

Pawn ‘Til Dawn


A morn' too short 
To hold my dream of 
A blissless trek, a
Mad tramp through 
Trash-strewn gaps in 
The Dreamtime, alleys 
Littered lots, trails on 
No map that I know, yet
Some instinct both 
Old and cold took 
Hold, my hand was held 
Was pulled and I 
Impelled to follow 
No bird so hard had
Ever fled for home, never 
Knowing why or what it
Was that led, which no 
Knowledge fed, but still 
No hesitation in 
My tread, no trepidation 
In my head all hollow, thoughtless,
Wilful while all bereft of will
And inside no "I" to guide 
Or fight against 
My headlong flight 
That must've lasted all the night
'Til mornings laser did ignite
Both eye and mind with 
Sunlight bright 

And to what did I awake?
My bed a shambles, all
Covers thrown, body aching to 
The bone, my martyred muscles 
Full afire, the purest pain from 
Pore to core and plainly plastered
Over all, one burning question:
Whatever for?

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