Mersey - Liverpool poems from the Mersey Mouth
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One of John's poems from his Liverpool Tales site
- Mersey- river of change
- Oh, this river is a two faced whore!
- By day, she sluggishly
- meanders
- past grimy shores,
- stained with the rusting wounds
- of long drowned ships.
- Iron grey,
- flecked with white,
- like tresses on an ancient mare,
- she lingers,
- sullenly,
- under bridges, and lock gates
- praying the arrival of a high-roller,
- fresh breaking from a rough Atlantic crossing.
- By night, she glides
- past darkened quays
- slipping silkily
- into her nocturnal role
- as bands of brassy lamps cluster
- at the water's edge
- splashing amber light
- upon her restless undulations
- enticing the shivering shore to nuzzle
- closer to her lava like glow,
- her quivering shimmering lurex flow.
- Oh, this river is a two faced whore, yet I love her!
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