Birth of a Verse

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a poem, born motherless 

at 4.15am,

a disruptive foundling, 

determined to enter this world 

noisily,

a Saturday child that cried

out from within the darkness,

wake up, wake up,

give me life,

a weekend child,

a boy, a working lad, 

a gladiator

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© Graham R Sherwood 1/25