If I wasn’t awake I’d miss…..
on Sheila Ash (India), 19/Mar/2016 07:51, 34 days ago
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Pencils scratching paperruffles of armed sleevessofty shuffling sighsAires of composed concentrationbroken by unseen beads of sweat drippingas tense foreheads line upCoffees interrupt.Fumbling fingersplay with uncooperative pensfind mouths and jersey necks to suckle absentmindedlyhands supporting heads droppingforearms guardians of the pagesonto which ink floodsin a blue black snowof alphabet soupjumbled like the fridge door magnetsslowly shaping into stanzas.© Sheila Ash 19thMarch 2016ashramblings