Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes

Hey, you!

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Hey, you, come play! said the wind in the heights

Whipping the sail in a dance of the round

Me?, said the cloth, but I’m tied to the mast

I can play all you like but to steel I am bound

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Hey, you, come play! said the sky to the steel

Reflecting its rust, through the colour of blood

Me? said the steel, but I’m rooted below

I can play all you like but I’m anchored in wood

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Hey you, come play! said the cloud to the wood

Teasing shadowy fingers where verticals stood

Me? said the wood, but I’m stranded in slime

I can play all you like but below me is mud

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Hey you! said the boat to the watcher behind

You who weaves and who forges and powers with mind

When the sky calls to play and you step from my…