By Himself

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Wherever the pen is set
it travels back,
despite his best intentions
falls into the habit of threading drivel -
each smooth stroke another worm.


The open fields of London
deserve a fresh set of ploughshares,
cry out for a new chronicler.
They do no more than mirror badly
things he can’t control, or understand.

Pen in hand, he tries again.



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