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Bandages on Windmill Street
Contributed by
Wellington
on
Friday, 20th June 2003 @ 09:05:00 AM in AEST
Topic:
war
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Down Windmill street the candles blow
Lit at the stroke of a clock
When the hand tolls the time
And the pining minutes frail
And wilt into the night
But theres one house where the candle isnt lit
And thats where Young Ted lives.
An old warriors resting place
Hes wizened round the eyebrows
And his eyelids scorched and wrecked
And his eyes are ghostly grey complexities
Rebellious gnats fly at his bandages.
Teds eyes have a tale to tell
For when the yellow smog hit him
They became their own journalists
The white stick guides like a placid monk
Across the pantry floor
And Ted occasionally buckles and winces
Even though the shells arent there any more
He remembers the sodden trenches
The time when Gerris came, and the putrid gas was warm
As hard as porridge as it his countenance
And the world turned black once more
But this time Aurora shant be chased,
And the pupils are dead
Hell never see again will Ted,
But forever in his mind
Is the branded image of a pining corpse
Covered in the metal of a blistered thought
And thats why tears soak his bandages.
Copyright ©
Wellington
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2003-06-20 09:05:00]
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Re: Bandages on Windmill Street
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by ForsakenSoul on
Friday, 20th June 2003 @ 01:22:08 PM AEST
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| A wonderful written poem, you do great even without the help of rhyme. As far as the subject matter goes, its a good change from the usual love. And it has a deep meaning which is always good. |
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