All Quiet

My insides creak and grumble
Like the settling of stone
After the demolition
When the shriek gives way to groan

-a.r.

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Demolition of the YMCA building,
London 1971, by Leon Kossoff

~ by April on January 29, 2015.

2 Responses to “All Quiet”

  1. I somehow find this settling unsettling. A lovely aural quality in these selected words – well writ.

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