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George McDermid -When Glasgow became Edinburgh

When Glasgow became Edinburgh

I lost you
sometime when Glasgow became Edinburgh,
when work flowed fast and furious
and I ended up crumpled and sick,
battered by swirling eddies,
when music turned
to a monotonous
keyboard
click.

I lost you
at that time when the skies no longer dazzled,
when L.E.D. windows blinded me instead
and I ended up without sight,
darkened by virtual reality,
when empty pens leaked
empty words
unable
write.

I found you
waiting patiently, 
exactly where you were left,
the cities merged, and the music returned,
and my empty leaking pen, no longer bereft.

George McDermid, October 2023

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