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Love is the drug

Posted by shoe on December 18, 2009 - 12:12
from the ABC set Ramblings of a poetaster

It's raining tonight in Canning town
the chill of your exit is ice to my shame
in my passenger mirror, your departure eclipses
diminishing brake lights, neon fish & chips.

Cigarette smoke eddies and waves
A poor substitute for the drug that I crave
Bryan Ferry says it how I never could
and I don't understand how I misunderstood
the basics of signal, manoeuvre, mirror.

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Comments

Silver Spun Sand | December 18, 2009 - 12:41

Great track and great poem;-) Just a tiny typo in last line, should be 'manoeuvre'. Weird word or what?

Very atmospheric this, I could smell the smoke and the fish and the chips. Nice one, shoe.

SSS

shoe | December 18, 2009 - 14:28

Thanks for kindly words and spotting my typo, corrected now, I looked it up as well....blame my age!
might change to "snowing tonight...:}}}

threeleafshamrock | December 18, 2009 - 17:37

I echo Tina's comment; brought me back, in more ways than one. Great atmospheric write.

Chris ;)

threeleafshamrock | December 18, 2009 - 17:38

Oh, and well done on the much deserved cherry ;)

shoe | December 18, 2009 - 18:54

ah, memories of smoking!!!thanks for kindly comment mr shamrock, I been there too:}

shoe | December 18, 2009 - 18:55

Thanks for choosing my poem ABC, a little sun on a grim day!

Cavalcaderl | December 19, 2009 - 22:31

new shoe
well earn't cherry!
I enjoyed this especially
Fish n chips love.
very very icy and snow deep
mine has slipped over shopping ok..
julie x cavalcader (:-

Mark Heathcote | December 21, 2009 - 22:34

Fantastic last line…