Among the young lovers
and old ladies with umbrellas
there was a holy man.
A pulpy, middle aged woman
responded to the question:
“Is this the train to Preston?”
She had ash blonde hair.
Ash blonde.
The colour of fire that has burned,
of leaves once they have turned,
of people who are dead.
- London, 1993
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
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