Absence…
(from the September image in Kirsty Elson’s 2020 calendar…)
The sullen early morning mood
Mutters uneasy calm, post storm, perhaps
And awaiting the delivery
Of a crusty loaf, or an anticipated letter, perhaps,
Whilst a single gull, restless,
Watching for the opportunity to intrude
And snatch at carrion, perhaps,
Is the one sense of activity:
For the rusting bicycle, listing and crude,
The redundant life-rings and the leaning flag-buoys perhaps
Exacerbate that early dawn mood
Along the slipway of the ancient deserted quay…
Pete Ray
August 18th 2020
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