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Re: A Golden Afternoon in 1980 / Will Dockery

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From: Will Dockery
Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2018 15:43
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Bean Counter wrote:
> On Friday, July 27, 2018 at 12:26:46 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>
> > A Golden Afternoon in 1980
> >
> > I would walk it
> > with you
> > I will walk it
> > with you.
> >
> > I remember crossing
> > Monroe Drive
> > with you
> > down to Ansley Park.
> >
> > You giggled as we passed
> > the Fruit Jungle
> > at their open love
> > and welcoming freedom.
> >
> > Welcoming
> > the cold wind from the east
> > our bond
> > as outsiders.
> >
> > A long time ago
> > the new age dawned
> > grey morning
> > into cold golden afternoon.
> >
> > The winter storms
> > passed us by
> > here in the Deep South.
> >
> > Leaving
> > a beautiful golden
> > and still wintery
> > afternoon.
> >
> > I would walk it
> > with you
> > I will walk it
> > with you.
> >
> > -Will Dockery / 12-9-17
>
> Like a small movie of the mental......

Exactly, a big function of poetry and song is storytelling.

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