CDLXXXIII - The Street To Nowhere

Sunday Whirl (Wordle #100) presents a list of words

that we must incorporate in a writing piece.  

The words this week are:

master, street, change, share, train, die, calls,  stretch, march, words, places, create, faint

The Street To Nowhere.

The street was dark and lightly wet,

The wind had quite a bite.

The walkers kept their collars up

And pulled their jackets tight,

The whistle of a distant train

Rolled glumly through the night.

Puddles of light spill out from shops,

As places to find heat.

And there they create little flocks,

To stand and sadly bleat;

Unable to change the weather,

Afraid to cross the street.

Some fail to master how to walk,

Some march as on parade,

Some stretch their legs and make a dash,

Others wait in the arcade.

Calls, words unclear, echo down the street

To die away and fade.

A couple share a bag of chips,

Against the chilly blast.

I watch with remote bemusement,

As from another caste.

A faint smell of vinegar lingers

Long after they have passed.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2013

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