She worked at UNIBANK
In Douglas–I wanted to thank
Her for her time
And her job climb,
Her brand new upward rank.
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On an impulse I stopped today,
Someone smiled and showed me the way…
A classy place-
Seeing her face
Washed all my concerns away!
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She said that I looked good,
My wife’s hand braces–understood…
The joy of less pain,
She said come again
I told her that maybe I would!
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–Jonathan Caswell
TWO EMPTY CHAIRS
Two empty chairs at the window,
Waiting for someone to sit…
Someone who’ll watch for hours
Keeping watch over all of it.
–
One has for months been in rehab,
Another man has moved…
His “replacement” fell and broke something
Where a change of address was behooved.
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Nobody here has the time
To sit down and just watch…
We miss our friends who were living
Here, wishing one or two could come back to catch–
Mists in the morning quietness
And people going to and fro…
None of us left are quiet enough
To sit down and let go.
–Jonathan Caswell
MORNING IN NEW ENGLAND
Ever so fresh and dew-kissed,
An experience I’ve missed…
To drive in the morning
In a new day a-borning,
With the last straggling tendrils of mist!
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Cranking the radio loud
To drown out my muffler’s growl…
For a quick travel north
I sally thus forth,
Listening to that rush hour howl.
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The lighting is softer at this angle,
I have to go north to wrangle…
Paperwork on computer
That will suit her,
Some rent reduction being dangled.
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So I see this glorious sight
Of well-maintained houses in light…
Soft but strong
As I rush headlong,
Until the next traffic light!
–Jonathan Caswell
By the Mighty Mumford 