Document 1370
Tryst
Author(s): David Purves
Copyright holder(s): Prof Geoffrey F Dutton: Published in Camp One, Macdonald, 1978, David Purves
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for ordnar an we’l gang
no bi the wattir doun til the brig, but up
the brae. it’s tyme ye lairnt
astronomie. Ah’l pynt
Andromeda an ye can lean
agin ma shouther, we’l
gae throu the gal;axies an Ah’l be braw
i the whuff o yeir hair, haillskart
frae the lichtyears. bi the yett
the-day Ah saw a leveret deid,
its een pyk’t oot. the craws
gledged frae abuin. its paws war streik’t afore it.
thay war reid
wi tryin ti birze awa pitmirk.
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