As soon as we finally get to sleep
in the sweaty Parisian heat
- it seems that way, at least -
then the binmen bring their wagon
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this is great...each line sinks you deeper into the poem...fantastic work.
Bill (I assume that is your name, though something about this poem suggests a female hand) , I like this. You hold back on the sloppy sentimentality well. The narrative is brilliantly set down for that. The whole poems comes over in an objective way. Just one slight problem: the use of the term 'binmen' is too parochial and jarrs with the overall language of the poem.
Very emotion filled poem. Yes, it is sad to think what some wine has been drunk over.
Nocturne is a great and a deep poem....'as soon as we finally get to sleep' brings the real feeling.