Stewart McKenzie - X Diary 01 A Solitary Lunch Hour

Stewart McKenzie - X Diary 01 A Solitary Lunch Hour

While surveying an empty house – br br Abandoned scraps of unknown lives br Lying in corners, br A plastic slatted curtain slapping a wall br In the silent interior, br Children in the sunny street outside crying 'No no! br You must say GENERAL OLIVER One Two Three', br A ginger cat lazy on a wall in each numbered window br br – I found a book of Norse mythology br Which I read br While eating my lunch in a nearby cafe. br Returning unwillingly from the spring sunshine br To my solitary task br I found the door to darkness forced ajar. br br Three weary men with wary eyes br Came down from the hills when the war was lost. br Dazed and bewildered they came to the ruins br Of the works of men by the works of men br And on one remaining wall they saw br A farewell message sprayed in red- br 'We multiply and dwindle br And nurse our interchangeable dreams br And pale loves br In curious isolation. br The heroes chained within us br No longer even struggle for release br Believing themselves to be free' br br Then the one who was maddest and furthest from home br Laughed high and shrill and slapped his thighs br And cried 'The Fenris Wolf is loose br That was bound with the cord of elves and dwarves br Which they made from the sound of the step of a cat br And the breath of a fish and the spit of a bird br And a woman's beard and a city’s green br And they vowed it would hold to the end of time.


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