The store is gone
but you still think you can
walk past its door.
The white aisles create a void
but you almost touch what was
your milk of choice.
Cities raise a joy in front of
the eyes
only to abruptly dematerialise.
Suddenly you are haunted by an
eventide
that never found the time to
thrive.
Visiting the empty market
people come & go their bags
laden.
What else was to expect? –
places do not just ebb.
Children rush from us beyond
riding on the menacing dragon;
made of stone & standing
still
in the ghosted streets of Dè.
January 2020,
Dundee.
Photograph:
dragons in Dundee; 1 February 2020.
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