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[aid] => mick
[title] => November Bridge
[time] => 2006-12-04 14:13:06
[hometext] => The original concept was inspired by Simon Armitages Poem November (even though there is no resemblance) then as it developed it became a poem about Iain Banks novel The Bridge. Readers may see a resemblance to the book.
[bodytext] => Sunlight Spattered on the Clear Dawn Sprinkling the contrast of the Night away The metal glistened And contorted Magically In the Magic The Man walks In his: Past Present And Future Memories swirling in his head Like the necromancers dead Sizzling within his temples As he imagined He saw the Metal In rugged glory Its levels And Stages Glowing in silent streams His Dreams Like the Streams Of Metal and Imagination Gave a new view A new concept On the days long gone As though they were from An Era of Mysticism Mystics and Sooth-Sayers Businessmen and Psychologists All living In quiet slumber Hidden Wonder Within the mans Imagination Then In the suddenness of his own contemplation He appeared Somewhere New This was a definitive shock A new being Shown in memories Blocked. Seeing A new world The Psychology had evaporated And Terror melted over his Emotions His contemplations His own Existence This was the way Of the Bridge The Bridge Transference of the consciousness Rebirth And Retribution Combined in quiet slumber The Man needed to see further He thought in his own sleep Dreaming of the Metal Streams And as he dreamed he saw his life again In a quiet Glen Coma’s are a terrible thing When not on The Bridge … [comments] => 1 [counter] => 549 [topic] => 53 [informant] => NDean [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 4 [ratings] => 1 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => scifi )
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