Monday, 19 November 2012

Dead on my feet - a poem for Elliott Smith


Dead on my feet

Falling through my ears
like soft, aural snow your

Voice has a scent
like sweet wine in summer
or dirty whiskey winters

I wish I could
write words across years
across sounds like these

Maybe I won’t but there
will still be your songs
to keep hold of
and wonder at

While time draws
strange patterns across my chest
and twilight dancers form

A figure of eight
head to toe

Sunshine
to go

(For Elliott Smith)

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