the voice from here and beyond
20 April 2008
Drum Dust
You’ll need a rock
the size of a grapefruit
he says, and a drum
I wander past
forest of fallen pick-ups
find myself two stones
One the size of a satsuma
smooth creamy
one ashen, dark, heavy
nature’s own brick
Look here
two rocks and a drum
beating as one
Cream and ash
pound in time
with hide and wood
looking down
to find ash
and playa
dust of a journey
gone before
laughter
stone breaker
drum dust
in my boots
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