09-22-2011, 01:10 AM
Rumpled grey-sock days
scuffed-shoe, scabbed-knee days
distances were longer then
closer to the ground.
Dampstung colt legs buck
in awkward grace
to crazy rhythms
of bumping satchel books,
kick at invisible traces
along tree- tunnelled lanes
prevaricating
solitary.
Trees and fields grow thin
draped in sad cobweb rags
of rising river mists
muddy leaves lie in heavy drifts
still, dull
as the blood -matted fur
and empty green eyes
of the tortoiseshell cat
in the gutter
dead.
Edited revision
Rumpled grey-sock days
scuffed-shoe, scabbed-knee days
distances were longer then
closer to the ground.
Dampstung colt legs buck
in awkward grace
to crazy rhythms
of bumping satchel books,
kick at invisible traces
along tree- tunnelled lanes
solitary.
Trees and fields grow thin
draped in sad cobweb rags
of rising river mists
muddy leaves lie in heavy drifts
still, dull as the blood -matted fur
and empty green eyes
of the tortoiseshell cat
in the gutter
dead.
scuffed-shoe, scabbed-knee days
distances were longer then
closer to the ground.
Dampstung colt legs buck
in awkward grace
to crazy rhythms
of bumping satchel books,
kick at invisible traces
along tree- tunnelled lanes
prevaricating
solitary.
Trees and fields grow thin
draped in sad cobweb rags
of rising river mists
muddy leaves lie in heavy drifts
still, dull
as the blood -matted fur
and empty green eyes
of the tortoiseshell cat
in the gutter
dead.
Edited revision
Rumpled grey-sock days
scuffed-shoe, scabbed-knee days
distances were longer then
closer to the ground.
Dampstung colt legs buck
in awkward grace
to crazy rhythms
of bumping satchel books,
kick at invisible traces
along tree- tunnelled lanes
solitary.
Trees and fields grow thin
draped in sad cobweb rags
of rising river mists
muddy leaves lie in heavy drifts
still, dull as the blood -matted fur
and empty green eyes
of the tortoiseshell cat
in the gutter
dead.