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Noon, next Hours poem


Noon

The whistle in the distance is rain,

held back with a force to be reckoned with,

passing through heavy when the sky goes dark,

the last bit of power in me does not go out

but makes a way to shade the past with height,

makes a way for a chilled lunch in the mind

sharp with a tongue loose as change

the hour is set like a bowling pin and the minutes

are rolling a great big ball of hope into the sounds

from the radio and scoring at the ready

the town comes alive for this hour is ours

unpaid but practised to perfection.

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