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the ink within  (  nihtiw kni eht  )

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the ink within a swimming head

a pencil case, a lick of lead

the spy of i as spiders spin

a web within a potting shed


a pinching punch, a scrunch of scrap

a burst of birds , a flock of flap

the spots 'n' dots of let's begin

a basin brain, a dancing tap


a spoke ode, a bumblebee

the lottery of prosody

a broken strophe, a stroke of chin

a storm within a cup of tea


the mumbles of a riddle's rhyme

a knelling bell, a distant chime

a phantom scrawl, a drawing pin

a trail of snail - the stuff of slime


a sort of door, a river too

a gleaming stream, a whiff of glue

a smorgasbord, a dorsal fin

a burning bush, a turning shrew


the chattering of hinterlands

a song upon the sinking sands

the spouting out of inner-spin

the parps & larks of marching bands


the daze of rain, a paper plane

the once upon of swans again

a squirm of worms within a tin

the hazy daze of gravy train


the ink within a swimming head

a pencil case, a lick of lead

the spy of i as spiders spin

but that'll do - & back to bed

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