A Band Aid for Snoopy




The old warrior rows his canoe on an English river 

Under a Roman aqueduct

On the other side an empty canoe

Floating away from a whirlpool

White stockings and black leather shoes 

Jumping, an Irish dance with a long-stemmed flower

On a conveyor belt

There’s candlelight burning on the outer walls

Lighting an alleyway

A black mass of nameless soldiers 

Merging 

Dividing

A mirror sky shows branches bare

Shining water, a rising rush of dandelions

Something, nothing felt

A block of wood and a snail 

On the edge of a workbench  

It slithers over the precipice

And small white lights float up

And away

A wound heals with a long scar

The small white lights shine above

The blue storied house  

With a steep roof and white shutters

As evening falls, the air thick and gray   

A hunchback with a red coat and walking stick

Clasps the door knocker 

He sees a white field before and above 

A long scar appears

And it all fades into gray

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