Love is the drug

Cherry

By shoe

Fri, 18 Dec 2009
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It's raining tonight in Canning town
the chill of your exit is ice to my shame
in my passenger mirror, your departure eclipses
diminishing brake lights, neon fish & chips.

Cigarette smoke eddies and waves
A poor substitute for the drug that I crave
Bryan Ferry says it how I never could
and I don't understand how I misunderstood
the basics of signal, manoeuvre, mirror.

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Comments

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
Great track and great poem;-) Just a tiny typo in last line, should be 'manoeuvre'. Weird word or what? Very atmospheric this, I could smell the smoke and the fish and the chips. Nice one, shoe. SSS

 

Submitted by shoe on
Thanks for kindly words and spotting my typo, corrected now, I looked it up as well....blame my age! might change to "snowing tonight...:}}}

 

Submitted by threeleafshamrock on
I echo Tina's comment; brought me back, in more ways than one. Great atmospheric write. Chris ;)

Submitted by threeleafshamrock on
Oh, and well done on the much deserved cherry ;)

Submitted by shoe on
ah, memories of smoking!!!thanks for kindly comment mr shamrock, I been there too:}

 

Submitted by shoe on
Thanks for choosing my poem ABC, a little sun on a grim day!

 

Submitted by Cavalcader on
new shoe well earn't cherry! I enjoyed this especially Fish n chips love. very very icy and snow deep mine has slipped over shopping ok.. julie x cavalcader (:-

Submitted by Mark Heathcote on
Fantastic last line…

Mark Heathcote