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Subject: Small Bricks

Author:
andy

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Date Posted: 22:38:25 01/14/08 Mon

Small Bricks

I walked past the park
to the far end of the city
beyond the meat market
where the crows gather
where I go to feel the river

It is possible to be alone
amongst eight million people
I fight for the time to just

Shut Up

.............and listen to the world
past the first noise of some horn
beyond the sound of rushed feet

to the place where the earth speaks
where the sounds of nature
revitalizes my senses

there is no concrete in heaven
it weighs everything down
painting life a dull gray

I prefer small bricks
placed one at a time
I can see the imperfections
the proof that mistakes
laid on top of each other
have a lasting purpose

I was dreaming of some sailboat
out on an open sea
you were there
you and the wind
laughing as I
tied a line.

The last things I will think about
before I end this poem
were the first things
I thought about
before I wrote it

you, and the river
both running through me
fast, forever free.

ajs

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