Portrait of a day
A walk in the rain
all of life beautiful and mundane
shopping as distraction from the main attraction
Footsteps, missteps and bus stops full of drunken revellers heading for the races. Wet stubs, streets a hubbub of decay
Regency rooms, Turkish fast food, tea and cakes warm the jade
News you didn’t want, what can you say, it goes on and on every day
Homeless man under umbrella, a road that any of us could take
What shall they do with the remains of the day
Colours vivid even when grey, looking in the mirror for a place to stay
Coffee cups like black holes angels in the architecture
Flowers on the pavement, flowers showered with pain, flowers in the soul, given as condolence, like an inverse wedding favour to the man he met that day
Arm in arm they took the stage, brothers of the heart saying together this is the way
Trees flash by, the memories flash back. Atmospheric gauges have measured a nation failing. Isn’t all housing social.
They remembered being present at the end of the world, the actor who married the domino girl
Portrait of a day
Copyright John de Gruyther 2017
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The World Outside the Window 
Wow, the words are beautifully deep… Interesting pictures too x
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The flower in the car park is my favourite…
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I love that one too
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“the actor who married the domino girl” – Loved all of this
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Thank you.. 😀
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