Hi Arthur, Yes I know the feeling, having to take tablets every day is a
bind. just one quible you have "two dark ways" in one line. Could one
perhaps do? Like the "rain fish tailing" Bw sally J
>From: Arthur Seeley <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: New Sub: Medication
>Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 11:40:16 +0100
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>Medication.
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>Weary years
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>that trail their weariness
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>through my vein's and bowel's
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>dark ways. Dark ways
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>where years and life
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>press and thread.
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>Each morning,
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>light or fading dark
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>rain or shine,
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>heavy rain fish tailing on the patio
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>or sunbright dew across the lawn,
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>I pop the foil, pop the pills.
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>Seven, fourteen
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>coffins popped,
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>emptied foil strips,
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>emptied days,
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>weeks, fortnights;
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>rag-lipped yawn
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>of empty graves.
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