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Chester Park

     
Wrought iron gates closed      
not locked yet proof enough    
against street cries and bustling bus    
filtered  noise squeezing between the rails    
loud enough to guide us back    
should we wish  ...  ...  ...    
Jack and me, my friend and I.    
Few shared the gravel crunch    
its puddles and  mud,    
unlike  stone-clad paths outside    
where one can rush  shop to shop    
foot-fall-sure and level    
only pedestrian clash to spoil the day.    
Listen !...eavesdrop on blackbird songs    
see them love and feed their brood.....    
leaves whispering in the breeze.    
Here is space and time for thought    
rainbow choice, gold and green    
wind- blown songs that fade    
never die to join the library    
where stored in alphabet and order    
a million years or more from now,    
share their space with other sounds,    
Eroica, Beatitude, ranting tyrant    
and mundane conversation..    
Deep the wood, remnant of the chase    
a stillness lets us hear ourselves..........    
lub-dub, lub-dub, of healthy hearts...    
left right, the feet reply, slow, predictable,.    
room here to walk and dream,    
no barging rushing crowds    
No fals "sorry sirs '"   
(Whose fault, anyway?)    
   
The world is not a crowded place    
we crush each other in the train    
because we will not take another route;    
here there’s room  ...  ...  ...    
grasses, touching in the lawn    
having space enough making    
way for dandelion clocks    
and timeless daisy.  
    
We came to walk and talk    
recreate think  and rest awhile....    
leave behind  din of making money....    
gaudy coke, three for two, two for one,    
gum strewn pavement slabs,    
take-away, throw-away eat out shops    
  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...    
and what we found was time.
Written by Kexby (john rickell)
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