Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.quux.org!news.nk.ca!rocksolid2!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: will.dockery@gmail.com (W.Dockery) Newsgroups: alt.arts.poetry.comments,rec.arts.poems Subject: Re: Mari / Will Dockery (1982 poem) Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2025 23:29:32 +0000 Organization: novaBBS Message-ID: References: <3321bddc-7b4a-4be1-a15b-c0f99b3c7e4a@googlegroups.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="3029485"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="Vf9CM7g99yqfGvzEHTw0bhrjcIfvzYBBhUuRma0rLuQ"; User-Agent: Rocksolid Light X-Rslight-Site: $2y$10$9/4cSMsh6mLuQAe4GQtlhOnBlJYAp7lPYaEX4NrRXnEViSaoMuA/W X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 X-Rslight-Posting-User: acd0b3e3614eaa6f47211734e4cbca3bfd42bebc Bytes: 2804 Lines: 46 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...starlike squiggles, >> the flame had affected her some... >> I saw the multicolored fire, >> it skipped frantically across a landscape. 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 10-21-82 > >> ----------------------------------------------- > >> Found in Drafts file. > > Good day, again.... one of your finest.... Thanks again for the nod, Zod.