DESERTING DOVER

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WORDS OF THE LIVING

(WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER)

Clifftop rock
The white stone, scraped as if drawn chalk
A clean canvas, a child's plaything
AThe foggy mountain masked in sweet spring
Blackened spots show themselves
Reflecting things about ourselves

Hills and valleys, main roads too
Are scaled
By the sky, a deepened, indigo, blue
Flowing, flying over
The white cliffs of Dover

The rock will rest
As the ferry heads northwest
Out into the Irish Sea
The ferry; that carries me

And as I take; a final glance
The cliffs capture me in their controlling trance
I stare at the commanding expanse
And the ferry hurriedly; heads for France
The image turns over and over
As I leave the white cliffs of Dover

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