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The Swan

from Mawkishish by James Jefferys

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James Jefferys - The Swan

Vapour trails pierce the puddles in the sky
Lonesome needle memories of aircraft gone by
A reddish blemish from a radiator grill
Whipped up by the blades of a rich revolving mill

The chewed-up diamond question
Is why they gave the best ones
To the most ambitious bidder
Who dug them in a hole and hid them?

Whispers tip.-toe through the starving grass
Let nothing but fanatics pass
But hold their tongues, neglect to say
The tail end of the rainbow's grey

You see it as a future
Like the cygnet sees the swan
Time delays the young one's tutor
Yet builds its dreams upon

'The Swan'

The chewed-up diamond question
Is why they gave the best ones
To the most ambitious bidder
Who dug them in a hole and hid them?

You see it as a future
Like the cygnet sees the swan
Time delays the young one's tutor
Yet builds its dreams upon

The chewed-up diamond question
Is why they gave the best ones
To the most ambitious bidder
Who dug them in a hole and hid them?

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from Mawkishish, released May 13, 2016

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