Sometimes There's Nothing

21 May 2009

·Cumulus

Nothing but breeze churning up a fuss. A beaten Buick, squinted, in the citrusy sun. Hum and drum go lawn mowers. Nothing but red tin roofs looking askance at your gaze. Green leaves, aloof, in a by-gone gust. Scuttle of traffic in the habit of ants. And, perhaps, when you come down from your haste you’ll see, sometimes there’s nothing. Nothing at all.

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Words are such delicate things. I've recently discovered that through poetry - my newest obsession. I'd like to think that life is a poem, but I'm not so single-minded. Besides poetry, I'm in love with my country, Jamaica - even the way it feels...

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