Kit Kelen #739 - the line for a walk

739

the line for a walk

went on

was listed missing

a brush with colour

might still be on the level

something lost along the way

rattles on

a dawdle, doddle

whisper thread

of conversation

or argument

set out

like a lipstick riddle rim

come smudge, leave trace

then ink to swim

or roll a ball along

sometimes at a jog

trot, gallop, gavotte

trace waltz

until elliptic

stitched wound

strike the strings

go barefoot

tow the line

of waves, in brine

(the line in straitened circs)

and where the mind went – notice

how it never came home again

thin blue

'from where to where?'

something along these lines

and off the rails

one parallel won't meet