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  • Star Child Memory / Will Dockery (original text restored)

    From W.Dockery@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Jun 30 12:43:48 2025
    HarryLime wrote:

    You haven't deleted anything

    I deleted your vandalism and restored the original text:

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    Star Child Memory

    Snapshot of a moment
    an outdoor poetry reading
    in early Spring 1996.
    Glimmering stars
    and looming moon
    through the gloom.

    Passing through
    in that cavern
    of concrete, glass and brick
    off Broadway.
    I join the poetry reading
    already in progress.

    There's a hush in the air
    as we approach.
    Star Child and her friends
    standing with me
    on the sidewalk.

    Glimmering stars above us
    Springtime
    constellations.
    Poets sit in a circle
    in the alley
    behind Bazaar Earth.

    In those early days
    so late in the game.

    But I couldn't remain
    back then
    I had to keep on moving.
    I told them they couldn't get
    high enough
    to float with me.

    Star Child twinkled and tweaked
    skipping by me
    in that spangled night.
    Stopping at the parking meter
    waving goodbye.

    -Will Dockery

    (Original text restored, vandalism by trolls deleted.)

    ***

    This is a response to the post seen at: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=659907840#659907840

    HTH and HAND.

    🙂

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  • From W.Dockery@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue Jul 1 01:41:41 2025
    NancyGene wrote:
    Will Dockery wrote:

    Star Child Memory

    Snapshot of a moment
    an outdoor poetry reading
    in early Spring 1996.
    Glimmering stars
    and looming moon
    through the gloom.

    Passing through
    in that cavern
    of concrete, glass and brick
    off Broadway.
    I join the poetry reading
    already in progress.

    There's a hush in the air
    as we approach.
    Star Child and her friends
    standing with me
    on the sidewalk.

    Glimmering stars above us
    Springtime
    constellations.
    Poets sit in a circle
    in the alley
    behind Bazaar Earth.

    In those early days
    so late in the game.

    But I couldn't remain
    back then
    I had to keep on moving.
    I told them they couldn't get
    high enough
    to float with me.

    Star Child twinkled and tweaked
    skipping by me
    in that spangled night.
    Stopping at the parking meter
    waving goodbye.

    -Will Dockery

    ***
    (Original text restored, vandalized thread corrected.)

    Remember when Will asked PHJR to send him a picture with his
    shirt off?

    You're lying again, NancyGene, that never happened.

    HTH and HAND.

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  • From Will Dockery@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Jul 4 18:41:48 2025

    Star Child Memory

    Snapshot of a moment
    an outdoor poetry reading
    in early Spring 1996.
    Glimmering stars
    and looming moon
    through the gloom.

    Passing through
    in that cavern
    of concrete, glass and brick
    off Broadway.
    I join the poetry reading
    already in progress.

    There's a hush in the air
    as we approach.
    Star Child and her friends
    standing with me
    on the sidewalk.

    Glimmering stars above us
    Springtime
    constellations.
    Poets sit in a circle
    in the alley
    behind Bazaar Earth.

    In those early days
    so late in the game.

    But I couldn't remain
    back then
    I had to keep on moving.
    I told them they couldn't get
    high enough
    to float with me.

    Star Child twinkled and tweaked
    skipping by me
    in that spangled night.
    Stopping at the parking meter
    waving goodbye.

    -Will Dockery

    ***

    [Original text restored, vandalized thread corrected.]

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