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DID I SEE

   " DID I SEE "       TIM WILLIAMS   AUGUST 2014

DID I SEE GUILT IN YOUR EYE'S
DID I SEE HIS SHADOW WALK BY
ARE YOU FOCUSING ON HONEST HOPES ?
OR JUST SIMPLE DIGNITY DESTRUCTION

DID I SEE PRIDE DEFEATED THERE
DID I CATCH A GLIMPSE OF DEFLATION
FOCUSING ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION,
OR JUST HEDGING YOUR BETS

DID I SEE THE FLASH OF A DICE ROLL
DID I HEAR YOU PRAY FOR LUCKY 7,
ARE YOU VAGUE FROM HEAD INJURY
AND PAIN CAUSED TO OTHERS

DID I SEE A FLEETING GLIMPSE
OF DEAR FRIENDS TURNING TO FOES,
HURT, LIMPING IN A VILLAGE SUNSET
TRYING TO UNRAVEL WRONGS

DID I SEE A CHANGE IN YOU
A DIFFERENT COAT PERHAPS, A SHEEP
WHERE NOW IN THE CITY A WOLF STANDS,
GNAWING AT A OLD MARROWLESS BONE

DID I SEE A FUTURE IMAGE
YOU AND THE OLD UNCLEAN BONE
SLUMPED IN THE VILLAGE BAR CORNER, BITTER,
ALONE FAR FROM WARMTH OF HEARTH.

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