there is nothing but noise
outside cars swoosh past
on the rain swilled road
a neighbour's dog barks
somewhere a child is crying
these are the sounds that woke me
today
mined from a memory
fourty years old
and in this fading remnant
my mothers scent
and a distant voice
calling my name
vanishing
like mist
as i draw close to it
Jim
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