Hello Grasshopper, good to see you here!
I do like this, especially verse 2.
best joanna
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From: "grasshopper" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 10:39 AM
Subject: New sub: A Snapshot of the Ancestors
> A Snapshot of the Ancestors
>
> They stand on a shingle beach, brows furrowed
> by the weight of the sky. The city is over the horizon,
> a train's length away. Here the sea scent swells
>
> pale chests and small waves shiver their strangely
> bare toes. I know that at the bottom of their lungs
> London air lingers, smoke-grey and full of voices
>
> but gulls are calling, rowdy sirens, and they wear
> holiday like a costume. They feast on skate and chips,
> and candyfloss, feed pennies to the brash arcade,
>
> ride painted horses and circle in spoked planes till their guts
> heave. Punch cudgels Judy while pierhead bands dispense
> Strauss and Sousa. Their fun is as fixed as the sun.
>
>
> (M.A.Griffiths)
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