I like the night the ferry brings, too, Jill, & the sly moves of things & feelings intertwined...
But am not sure what is intended by the '_NORRA HAMMARBYHAMNEN_ ‘ (which looks as it it could be there as name of [constructed?] author?)...
Doug
On Oct 15, 2014, at 9:48 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Very affirmative sounding, Jill, and I like its lilt. Nothing's newer than rain all right and it's newing cats and dogs as I type.
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> Bill
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>> On 16 Oct 2014, at 6:51 am, Jill Jones <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> PACKING FOR THE JOURNEY
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>> _NORRA HAMMARBYHAMNEN_
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>> you take plastic stars, a bicycle,
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>> a dozen pot plants, a padlock, a pencil,
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>> enough beer, money for the ferry
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>> even when you get there, or if you don’t
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>> you take a succession of songs
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>> they don’t have to be old as cafe songs
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>> they could be new as rain
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>> you listen as you haul, it will work out
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>> you see the ferry stalling on the other side
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>> as the lights begin to come on past the quay
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>> you gather the things around you
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>> the plants need sun but here’s the rain
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>> the plastic stars are all they have
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>> and the pencil, don’t forget the pencil
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>> it draws earth below water and imagines the sun
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>> in the starry night the ferry brings
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>> and you bring your things to the landing
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>> the gates are opening, the padlock drops away
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>> even the rats in the storehouses, the fish
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>> in the sluices, the trams on the bridges, the camp
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>> of the homeless under the pylons, even the strays
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>> are quiet. Except for the rain, and the engines
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>> which begin stuttering. At least
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>> you have the beer.
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>> And there’s enough for everyone.
>> ________________________Jill Jones www.jilljones.com.au
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