Backstreet Béziers…
Doubtful wooden shutters, ill-fitting or
Ajar hung in a persistent drizzle awry,
Within railings around balconies of rusted,
Or pink, or neglected iron, wrought…
A sodden jacket, hunched or
Forgotten was suspended by clothes pins awry,
From loose line above a balcony rust-encrusted,
The colourful pegs angled and taut…
Wiring, like dreadlocks, twisted or
Knotted, matted or wound awry,
Writhed at drainpipes near balconies: untrusted
Black serpents, plaited and distraught…
Pete Ray
September 2019
Béziers on a damp September morning, the view from a hotel window…
Really liked the old town, however…
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