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Poem No 51

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Waves are like angels near

But never reaching

The threshold of Blackness

On sea. Spirits tales are

Told, lighting up darkness

Of the dreaming sea, they

Mistake water for glass

And seek form, mass,

Sand for an hourglass,

They were grains of

Sand blown into the eyes

Of time. Winds

Blowing through this

Coastal town are like

The hands on the face

Of blind man sleeping,

Crying for beauty, who

Holds pearl in his palm,

After dreaming of the

Hunt for years.

How many drinkers in

The lobster pot on

Their final dram have

Heard the echoing slam

Of heaven's door.

This public house stores

Tales, some are immortalised

By winter who rows on

Heaven's tides. Perhaps somewhere angels

Have a toast to Blackness

On sea with goblets

Containing every ocean, watching it at night

Changing form, mermaid

Balancing drinks on her halo.

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