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FUNCTION BAND

Like a threshing machine

casting crotchets quavers

on windswept waves of sound

under a thousand bright suns,

the wheat and the chaff,

gobbets of talent lost

in an ocean of dancing heads. 

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raypool

Wed 25th Aug 2021 11:49

Thanks Tom, i'm pleased you spotted it, especially as it's the closing line.

Ray

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Tom

Wed 25th Aug 2021 09:43

"an ocean of dancing heads" is an especially beautiful line, Ray.

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raypool

Tue 24th Aug 2021 21:29

Thank you Graham, Stephen, Stephen, Tom and Holden for reading and liking my poem.

Ray

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