In The Shade

I pause but for a while to clear the cobwebs from my  eyes.
A spider casting  blight to those of vision.
Thoughts mirror our surroundings,
reflections on reflections in the silken shadow.
Passerine bird  on branch with toes aligned.
Snooty percher peering down upon my jaded stamp.
Earthly lodger, urban sand dune drifter by adoption.
Hitchhiker without a hitch,
fly by night burgher passing through.
Dusty highway emigre in flight from inner quangos.
Evanescent acme on safari a banana boat phase.
Ailing  elder, gormless dove endures the common jibe.
Warped focus point and shoot but always at close range.
Moringa oleifera feral feast ….popping fragile pod with
lemon taproot.
Swaddled baby orchid heaven sent, heaven scented.
Marsh light bonnet's fluorescent stripe.
Quick fix on a fork, mannah from the
greasy spoon of kismet.
Wheel of second childhood, wedge in brittle spoke.
Miles on the clock, shutters coming down,
blinds in sash cord soon to follow.
Final curtain frontier looming large,
but zealous encores always spur the quest for bright nirvanas

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