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From: will.dockery@gmail.com (W.Dockery)
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Subject: Re: Mari / Will Dockery
Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2024 12:55:59 +0000
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General-Zod wrote:

> Will Dockery wrote:
>>
>>> Mari
>
>>> She's got a dress
>>> blue with yellow stars
>>> blues and yellows
>>> and their mixture like space duel.
>>> A little green hair-holder in back.
>
>>> Her stare is blue
>>> strands of gold hair hanging.
>>> We stand staring as bombs explode.
>>> In the distance out by the sunset.
>
>>> This is not really as it seems, is it?
>>> This is more than a balcony
>>> and you're more than a woman.
>
>>> I saw Brookwood demolished
>>> and I thought about
>>> that damned ball and chain.
>
>>> Tasted the dust of ancient
>>> and I do remember.
>
>>> Her dress had these symbol
>>> star-like squiggles
>>> the flame had affected her some.
>
>>> I saw the multicolored fire
>>> it skipped frantically across alandscape.
>
>>> This is not really a balcony
>>> and you're more than a woman.
>
>>> I felt the softness
>>> the misty air was choking and warm.
>
>>> Colors: lavender, amber, sky blue.
>>> Stencil writings.
>
>>> Bricks and scratchy sheetrock that squeaks
>>> beneath it all.
>
>>> The animals all taking on a color of wonder.
>
>>> This is not really what is seems like
>>> is it?
>
>>> This is not more than a balcony
>>> and you're only a woman.
>
>>> -Will Dockery
>
>> (From the archives)
>
>
> Having another reading and this poem is top flight....

Thanks again Zod, and enjoy your Florida holiday.

😏