This really works for me. Thanks!
- Peter Ciccariello
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 6:31 AM, Bridget Khursheed
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> Mersey View pleasure grounds
> The crag walk and the long skirts with vertigo,
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> they hang over the edge
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> or press too close to their escorts.
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> It is not what I expected.
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> The train ride from Lime Street and a change,
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> traps were available from the station
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> but we climbed.
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> We were dressed for it.
> And now every device for giddiness greets us.
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> A fair up here on the viewpoint:
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> swing boats where one can tumble against each other
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> mirrors that distort shapes, shooting,
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> fortunes told, the grass pressed and hot
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> after a whole summer of this.
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> Nowhere to breathe so we walk the rocks
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> to look back up to estuary and home.
> On the way avoiding others
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> you grind initials onto soft sandstone.
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> Best wishes (from a newbie)
> Bridget
> www.myspace.com/bridgetkhursheed [1]
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