darlene by Bob MacKenzie l954 lives next door in poverty two room lady lost in time screams through walls through time you you did this to me you did won't do this again to me she her voice recedes another room another time distant other voice Gene Autry Christmas songs Hank Snow Thompson Williams Carl Smith Perkins Patsy Cline I'm Movin' On Move It On Over Walkin' After Midnight she never sleeps roams these two rooms out of time out of space sound of her and music from fifty four her world you did this to me published: Poetry Canada Review, Volume 2, Number 3, Spring 1981 |