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Lungs extend your body
hanging from a bar in the park
coloured hopscotch and birthday.
The chocolate cake on your tongue
is cool, freshly mown grass
in a slow breath.
The shoulder tweak and waning grip
place your feet on chipped wood.
Opening your eyes, your son's
playing tag in the field.
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(02-16-2024, 03:56 PM)Wjames Wrote: Lungs extend your body
hanging from a bar in the park
coloured hopscotch and birthday.
The chocolate cake on your tongue
is cool, freshly mown grass
in a slow breath.
The shoulder tweak and waning grip
place your feet on chipped wood.
Opening your eyes, your son's
playing tag in the field.
This is delightful. Thrown off a little by "tweak," know the feeling and it works by sight and sound, but then the dictionary kicks in and I'm momentarily confused. It's a pinch, an incipient charley-horse, probably rotator-cuff... can't think of a better word. "Strain," but that lacks impact. Good job.
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(02-16-2024, 03:56 PM)Wjames Wrote: Lungs extend your body
hanging from a bar in the park
coloured hopscotch and birthday.
The chocolate cake on your tongue
is cool, freshly mown grass …. Love these two lines
in a slow breath.
The shoulder tweak and waning grip
place your feet on chipped wood. …. I like the detail of chipped wood
Opening your eyes, your son's
playing tag in the field. …an unexpected and delightful merging of childhood dreaming with the present
Lovely work
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I'm simply going to play with your thingy, ok?
It might look weird, but at least it's getting proper attention.
Lungs extend
your body
hanging
from a bar in the park coloured hopscotch and birthday.
The chocolate cake on your tongue is cool,
freshly mown grass
in a slow breath.
The shoulder tweak and waning grip
place your feet on chipped wood.
Opening your eyes,
your son's playing tag in the field.
Posts: 489
Threads: 182
Joined: Jan 2013
Thanks for reading and for your thoughts everyone.