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DREAMER’S EYE

 

Dusks hushed purples hum along

Casting an eerie light

On what seems a dream scene

Where the streets climb hills

Amid garish Chinese lanterns

With the clatters of the trolley

Its bell eager and jolly

Contrasting with the light haze

From the fires blaze

That burns to the north

Sending tentacles

In a smoky plume

That transcends the bright melody

Altering the mental state

Of the dreamer walking with me

            Yes, it is!  It’s Ellington’s “a train”

            That lovely refrain

            Catapulting the vision back to New York

            Running through the village

            Basketball palmed

            Ready to sprint and dunk

            Or shoot the three from out of bounds

            Or cast a smile on a lovely waitress

            Trying out for her first Broadway hit

Or the danger who stepped into my life

Until the beauty who became my wife

And walks hand in hand

Up and around this magical island

Where humming birds wing by

At the most interesting times

To whisper a prayer for love

In the dreamers eye                                                                          081515.2

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