One Piece by Laura Harmon

Backtracking

They told me to walk it off -
Down by the river, fields of wild heather
And a youth lost.

Summer's hottening the sandy shore
And behind dark shutters they dream and snore.
A girl walking through the dewy grass,
1940 something and she's late for mass.
The same now as it was back then,
Replaced by sloth and venom.
The same in darkness but far more snug,
Couples with places to go, not so much in love.
Birds of prey my darling May, today we slaughter doves.
Seldom feeling the fresh morning air.
Sharp Spring is everywhere, the sound
Of the cuckoo's call, the Wren, the Owl,
The distant howl from the farm behind the hill.

A girl walking through the student mass,
2000 and something and she's late for class.
The same now as it was back then
Same expreesion, same excuse
Running from ridicule and the latest news.

{Poem by Laura Harmon}