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    Stray Lines
    Stray Lines
    Stray Lines
    Ebook70 pages16 minutes

    Stray Lines

    By Paul Tait

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    A collection of free form verse from critically acclaimed singer\songwriter Paul Tait
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateJun 9, 2015
    ISBN9781483553375
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      Book preview

      Stray Lines - Paul Tait

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      Lonely Faces Brightly Shining

      Nothing left

      Nothing for us now

      Train has left

      On it’s way to town

      Standing on the platform

      old ticket

      old sweater

      Lonely faces brightly shining

      neon suture

      Errant lending

      Every day pains become life-affirming gifts

      Battered futures are our golden parachutes

      Floating breathless over chocolate covered hills

      Pretty pictures; minute joys

      Nothing left

      Nothing right

      Straight ahead, then

      On to midnight

      Keeping Me Alive is a Crime Against the Sun

      Early in

      Day is done

      Early on

      Almost gone

      Heart in the right place

      Lost look on your face

      Time says I am the man for this hour

      Writing the sky on a notepad porter

      Lights out on the train to North Africa

      Endless spaces

      My fallen faces

      Friday night alone again you know the show

      When you asked for a sign

      It came in code

      When you tell the truth

      So often the deal is sold

      Keeping me alive is a crime against the sun

      Early in

      Day is done

      Early on

      Almost gone

      Ashes and Vice

      Fascinating moments

      Details in the sky

      Follow patterns established

      by the dawn

      I think I knew all

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