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Limestone

from Monkey Comfort by Penelope Swales

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Limestone
© Penelope Swales

Once I would have said
My love for you was
Solid
Like a rock
Like a ridge
Immovable and permanent
But these days of silence
One by one
Like drops of water
On a stone
Have made their mark on me
Depressions deep
And cavities

Do you recall that
Limestone ridge
Out the back of
Weird New England?
We could have
Lost ourselves in its
Labyrinth
But were loath to disturb
It occupants
The tears running
Through my heart have leached
Away all that was soluble
Leaving me honeycombed
And in the dark,
Bizarre formations
Twist and curl

Stalactites and cavities
Take the shape
Of words and melodies
People crowd around to see
What suffering has done for me
What strange thoughts
Like bats emerge
Crevices hide
The mud-nests of birds
But I would rather be happy

Water in my soul
And earth in yours
Once brought an
Abundant garden forth
But you flewb
Between those clouds
And I became earthbound
And like some ancient legend
Once told round
The fire, I have
Sunk into the ground
See that limestone ridge?
She once was a woman
Struck down

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from Monkey Comfort, released July 7, 2003
Vocals, guitar, stomp-box - Penelope Swales
Double Bass - Barry Hill

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Penelope Swales Boolarra, Australia

Penelope Swales has been articulating the human condition with passion and humour for 30+ years. She sings about politics, love, friendship, the unbreakable bond between us and dogs and the impact of the Internet on society. She won the 2019 Alistair Hulett Songs for Social Justice Award with “Cambridge Analytica”. “The Ides of March in Christchurch" was short-listed for the same award in 2020. ... more

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