a blade of wind it is said
scythes through the city in the colder months
across the water is one more state
and the emails are lost in the ether
and of course it won’t be forever
there’s a beautiful woman who proves true to the heart
it’ll last as long as the wheels come down
and thud on an earth not this
always diarrhoea in Illinois
some germ in the water of the lake
from hovel to hills to horror to here
and the texts say something about loneliness
and of course it won’t last forever
a beautiful woman has proved true to the heart
it’ll last as long as the wheels come down
and thud on an earth not this
pink and green and pink and green
casino and cocktail lounge they said
feet could sink in the carpet and there was
whisky to rid the taste of gin
and no it won’t last forever
a beautiful woman who proves true to the heart
it’ll last as long as the wheels come down
and thud on an earth not this
from the railway girders above came rust
the scabs and flakes in the curls
look at that face a mistake don’t make
and it can’t last from the 88th floor
don’t say ‘me’, never say ‘me’
the airliners rise and they sink beneath
across the water is another state
look down look down don’t look down
and of course it won’t last forever
a beautiful woman’s proved true to the heart
it’ll last as long as the wheels come down
and then on an earth not this
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Niall Griffiths
Picture Charles James Lewis
Fresh from the Meadow
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