like taking a core sample
searching, pushing deep
a savage gut twist,
Michelle ma Belle,
sont les mots qui vont
tres bien ensemble
an exhumation dragging
memories back to the surface
kicking and screaming
as captured evidence
Lucy worked a different club every day
and though she put her mind to it
her heart was never in it
neat slices, a squandered life
a warts and all chronology
of where was I’s, who withs and
remember whens
Sara, you’re the poet in my heart
Never change, never stop
my history laid bare, prone
clearer than any biography
dusting off the skeleton
of my ancient anxieties
Suzanne takes you down
to her place by the river
I feel I must dig deeper still
~
With credits, respect and apologies to
The Beatles, Al Stewart, Fleetwood Mac
and Leonard Cohen
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© Graham R Sherwood 09/22
grahamrichardsherwood.co.uk 