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SMALL   FRAGMENTS   OF     SHATTERED   GLASS
ON   THE    WASHED    DOOR STEP
DISCARDED    SCATTERED   POST OUTSIDE   THE   LETTER BOX
THE    FRONT   DOOR    FRESHLY    PAINTED
AN   DELICIOUS    MINT IN   COLOUR

IN  THE   HALLWAY
A   RECENTLY   LAID   CARPET
ABSTACT  IMPRESSION
TURQUOISE   BLUE

ON  THE  WALL   A    PICTURE
HANGING   BY   A    GOLDEN   PLATINUM   THREAD

A   LARGE    GEORGIAN   GOTHIC    MANSION
AN   AVENUE  OF   CONIFER    TREES
MOONLIGHT   TANGERINE    SKIES

A   SMALL   UNREMARKABLE   LAKE
EMPTY   OF    ANY   RESIDENTS
NO   SWANS  SWAY   IN   ITS   TRANQUIL   WATERS
NO  REFLECTIONS   OF   ELEPHANTS

PLACING   MY   HANDS   ON    THE   ORNATE   FRAMED    CANVAS
I   AWAKE  TO   THE    SHARP   SOUND    OF  BLEETING    SHEEP
THEIR    CRIES    AS   CLEAR  AS    AN   UN-WRITTEN    PAGE

MAKING   MY   WAY     BEYOND   THE    HORIZON
HOUSES   OF   THE    HOLY      RESIDE
GIANT    EMERALD    CATHEDRALS   GLISTEN   IN    THE   DAYLIGHT

FACE-LESS    STRANGERS   CONGREGATE  IN   THE   LIFE-LESS    AISLES

I   WIPE   THE    SLEEP    FROM   MY    EYES
MY       SCARLETT    TUNIC   IS   BADLY    TORN
BLOOD  STAINED    AND   WORN

MY   RIFLE   IS    NOT   FULLY    LOADED
 SEVERAL   BULLETS    ARE     MISSING

IN   THE   DISTANCE  THE   SOUND   OF    GUN-FIRE
RAPID   ECHOES  RESONATE   TRAVERSING    THE   SMOKE   FILLED      LANDSCAPE

 I    PLACE    THE    KEY   INTO   THE   LOCK
UN-LOCKING    THE    DAY
  MY      WIFE  IS   IN   THE    KITCHEN

THE   SWEET    SMELL  OF   FILTERED    COFFEE   DRIFTS  IN   THE   AIR
AN   JONI   MITCHELL   SONG   IS   BEING   PLAYED    ON   THE    RADIO

I   EMPTY    THE    BROKEN   BOTTLES    INTO   THE    ALUMINIUM   BIN

TRACING  MY   STEPS   FROM   THE   NIGHT    BEFORE

OUTSIDE   CHILDREN  ARE    CLIMBING  THE   SCAFFOLD