Category: Chris Cook

  • ‘The Eternal Festival Of Memory’ for Mick Wood and Cookie

    Fly: Selected Poetry 1997-2017
    by Steven Pratt
    Link: http://a.co/gQLhF34

    The Eternal Festival Of Memory

    The sun smiles over the Mary Evens park
    bursting through the luminous emerald tree tops
    catching soap bubbles with purple green
    tin-flashes
    no sunglasses or cell phones in sight
    all eyes are awake naked
    larger than the grey moon peeking on
    parkwind blows my view
    in a psychedelic rainbow swirl
    the musicians swoop down from the air
    landing on the stage together, folding their wings
    Mick picks up his bass and swings it around
    his shoulder in one magic movement
    spinning on a diamond encrusted high heel
    now facing the crowd with a strategic
    frown his beautiful intricate hand made earring
    catches the sun and time slows down

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