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THE MANSION IN MEMORY LANE

(1)Young Tom visited his great aunt, until he was ten years old, And soon after his next birthday, her old mansion would be sold, Since she died, and he would miss them both, as nine years changed the date. He completed school, did two years work, and started college late. (2)At the end of his [...]

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Pieces of Where and When (Sammelwort in dem Schloss†)

If I take a shred of 1980s time, and clutch it tight (From when optimism shined, and felt no need for second sight); And contain it in the formula, that I’m preparing now, I can climb the trees in modern woods, and never break a bough. Should I snatch a scrap of Paris, clasping firmly [...]

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NIGHTFALL IN MEDLOW BATH

(1)My first Blue Mountains journeys were on Sydney’s country trains, With scenery improving, once I’d gone past Emu Plains. I did not know the passengers around me, but perhaps one Might care to play a card game, since we’d only come to Lapstone (2)I closed my vintage fiction novel fast. So I could then look, [...]

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My Oculist was a Carpenter

I’m now sworn against hypocrisy, which lets me poke and prod All the minor faults of Christians, while I miss the love of God. I defend my rights to swindle you, as long as I can pick One cathedral in a hundred, where the dead have caught the quick. So I shun the men, who [...]

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LADY FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE

Is she waiting in the snowfall of an unseen distant plateau, That still lives today on Christmas cards all packed up now? Is that so? Would the lamps that light the pathways put a glow upon her face? Are these images of fantasies all gone without a trace? Is she staring from the window of [...]

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