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Let Me Sit Beneath An Old Lamp

from Black & White & Read All Over by Ian Whiteley

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Let Me Sit Beneath An Old Lamp

Let me sit beneath an old lamp
With its shade tilted at an angle
Tracing my finger along rough paper
Glowing in a yellow light
Lost in worlds of other’s making
Drawn from the ebb and flow of words
Upon a dim-lit page
As evening draws in
Closing around my imagination
Unthreatening, comforting,
Time passing unnaturally
Against the ticking clock
Smiling, frowning,
Being immersed
Beneath warm passages
Of understanding
Inked, arranged,
Absorbed

Let me sit beneath an old lamp
With its shade tilted at an angle
Casting shadows
On what I think I know
Opening doors
That do not want to be opened
The light creeping into dark places
Illuminating, radiating,
Singing songs of hope
That keep the baying beasts at bay
That keep the dripping fangs
From innocent throats
That means I do not wander
God’s green earth
Looking for pixel phantoms
That are not there
On plastic screens
Of despair

Let me sit beneath an old lamp
With its shade tilted at an angle
For that is where
Creation dwells…

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from Black & White & Read All Over, released January 1, 2019

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