Re: Light over the Ridge / Will Dockery

[email protected] (Will-Dockery) Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:36:14 -0400
Newsgroups alt.arts.poetry.comments
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> MummyChunk wrote:
> 
>> Will Dockery wrote:
>> Light over the Ridge
>> 
>> I know exactly how you feel,
>> and God gave you permission to spill it.
>> 
>> There's no one to judge,
>> you're still so fine,
>> I'm just too crippled now to grudge it.
>> 
>> At this truck stop diner,
>> snapping in the rain...
>> 
>> You can't trust Carlo
>> and colored Belle Elaine,
>> I didn't send that instant message
>> from Little Spain.
>> 
>> The Lord makes haste,
>> we have little time,
>> not enough to waste it.
>> 
>> For this new era, in this rain
>> we sit on the bridge and watch the ridge
>> the townies think we're insane...
>> 
>> Last time I saw you at the bar,
>> it took my voice away.
>> Dina won't blow her horn no more,
>> she left with Jose anyway.
>> 
>> It ain't that bad to tell me your dreams,
>> they only mean what you want them to anyway.
>> Every breath you take on Van Allen Belt,
>> half a lifetime away.
>> 
>> At this truck stop diner,
>> soaking in the rain.
>> Operator wants another quarter,
>> she don't even know your name.
>> 
>> -Will Dockery
> 
> 
> Thanks for sharing Will!



Thanks again for the nod, MummyChunk.

😏 


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