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                                       Millicent Lilian 'Peg' Entwistle

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broken doll

of paper and fire 

boards groaned in weeping

at the loss of your tread,

then forgot

 

one two three 

"peg" your place in the sun,

maybe have a little fun

HeadHeartHandsHealth

wrestle the rarebit fiend

 

four five six

O, AND THEN WHAT??!!!??

seven eight nine

 

summer's dying kiss

 

the giants in those days

spelt longer words

ladder, climb, hoist, sweat (I bet)

see below the shimmering,

silver Babylon

of masques and mayhem

 

eternal traffic

studios grind

tin Jazz somewhere, faint (wa-wa mute)

 

bright sun

dizzying blue

swirl of clouds

breeze

(is this a fucking weather report now?)

indifferent titty scrub hills

cicadas, crickets may witness, sing,

then in time

forget &

die

birds are angels that poop

ten eleven twelve

 

O, AND THEN WHAT??!!!??

 

last feelings, breaths,

tears

 

dive

thirteen

 

broken doll

 

woman

"sorry" why?

"coward" how?

 

o, and now what?

 

Hollywoodl__d sends its ravishings and regards

 

hazy slathered sunset

cold

 

fade out

except-

except-

DB/2.2024

Music: "Only A Broken Heart" by Tom Petty