Imaginings at Tebay

Cherry

By Parson Thru

Sun, 26 Jan 2020
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I told her: “I’ll go and see the Lakes
If the weather’s not too bad.”

Of course, it’s pissing down
But I thought I’d go and see the lakes
If not the fells

So I’m rolling along the 65
Listening to the radio:
Desert Island Discs.
Imagining my own success

“I used to spend as much time
Outside my body as in it.
Not always a good thing.”
I listened to myself

A field of ponies over to my left
Three of them, facing into rain

The nearest one is pissing

A healthy horse piss

The expression on her face cracks me up

I’m laughing
Tears begin to blur the road
And I realise that I’m crying

I ought to stop
But the road is narrow, winding
Cars in front and behind

It’ll pass
It always does

The radio distracts

The rain intensifies

Never let a writer
Drive you to the airport

If you do
And you catch them smiling to themselves
Ask, politely, to be let out

Certificate PG
Poem
Parson Thruses Dairy
Travel

Comments

Submitted by Ed Crane on

So much detail and so personal. I liked the obsevation of the horses. You might not believe this, but I once went to the lake when the weather was good, got bitten to death by midges tho'

All the other times it rained but I wouldn't say pissed down, except once.

 

Submitted by Parson Thru on

I do believe you Ed.

It actually cleared up for a while and I had a little walk so far into a sacred place in my life. Too late and too ill-equipped to go far this time though.

That horse had the funniest expression. Laughing heartily, I'd say.

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Submitted by Parson Thru on

Thank you, cherry picker. X

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Submitted by Di_Hard on

I like how you made me change direction - I thought it was going to be wandering lonely as a cloud stuff, and then you had the pony :0) Nothing so down to earth as pee. The way you go from crying to laughing made me think of seeing cloud shadows race over sunny hills when I  went to the Lake district

 

Submitted by Parson Thru on

That's a lovely sight.

I had Anne Enright's accent in my head as I wrote this. Sounded much better.

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Submitted by drew_gummerson on

I too like the story of it, the realistic observation. The naturalness of the moment.  

 

Submitted by Parson Thru on

Thanks Drew.

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Submitted by onemorething on

Love how you have captured the shifts of emotion in this one. :)

 

Submitted by Parson Thru on

Thanks again, onemorething.

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