A Lost Memphis Soul...

'Do you remember...

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the 21st of September'
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Clouds separated the embers & a developing grey.
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The air thickened &

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to its knees on the warm willing

EARTH

Do you remember...

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Was it the popping of stars across to Mars,
or the soulful singing that 'stole the night away'?
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Ah, yes...

The landscape was lit once more with:

Light & with love.
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Stars blazed, 'chasing the clouds away';
even these months on, my eyes glaze
at the sketched romantic ways of...
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Green love breaking through a forsaking soil

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...do you remember?
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The song sprouting a swaying September
by the light of the night come day;
the soulful, merciful & sweet, sweet:

WIND

found the sin of angels upon their
drip, drip

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________wings, their swaying hips
& airborne lips kissing the musical drama
that kept a tempo like a heartbeat,
a rich, dark harmony...
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a throbbing pulse that built its pace;
its smoky bourbon taste; electrifying
skin on skin, fingers finding Afros, up on toes, a kiss of the nose, a ___long___ lick

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where it yearned to go...

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...do you, do you remember now?

AND FIRE
Yes, there were flames, 10 feet high or more;
Explosions erupted in our hearts, in our eyes,
...in our-very-souls.
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Love was ours 'as we danced the night away'
Bells tolled & the stars s.. c.. a.. t...t... e... r... e...d
Shimmering wonder onto perspiring spent folds.

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Now December has brought the rain
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again & again...
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'Golden dreams were shiny days'
The love we made has faded to a saddening refrain...

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Tell me, do you remember...

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Hush now...
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No, don't answer;
I don't think I want to know..?

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Earth became a river,
wind became a voice
& fire sent her shiver -
if ever, there was a choice...

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"Maurice, I will never forget!"

michael
2016

In memory of Maurice White who died 4th February 2016. Maurice was a band member and main song writer of Earth Wind and Fire. This poem was inspired by one of their hits, 'September' and certain 'lines' are referenced within this poem.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs069dndIYk