{"id":927,"date":"2010-12-16T20:10:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-16T20:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=927"},"modified":"2010-12-16T20:10:00","modified_gmt":"2010-12-16T20:10:00","slug":"richard-ball-is-looking-at-the-roadside-colours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/richard-ball-is-looking-at-the-roadside-colours\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Ball is looking at the roadside colours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">Roadside colours<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">&nbsp;<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">Pink, purple sunset colours,<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">Now autumnal yellow, brown.<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">Slowly fading:<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">Sun-wrought transmutation.<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">&nbsp;<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">He\u2019d worshipped that star.<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">Bronzed skin and<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">A girl on each arm<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">His laurel wreath.<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">&nbsp;<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">Mimicking Mercury his nemesis:<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">Chariot overturned, smashed,<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">Its occupants scattered.<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">Leaves became petals.<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">&nbsp;<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">Those with him also transformed:<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">Albertine complexions<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">Now porcelain white,<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">Mottled&nbsp; pink, purple.<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\">* Richard Y. Ball<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"> is a pathologist from Norwich. He has only recently started to write for (his own) pleasure.<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><br style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,mono;\"><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roadside colours&nbsp;Pink, purple sunset colours,Now autumnal yellow, brown.Slowly fading:Sun-wrought transmutation.&nbsp;He\u2019d worshipped that star.Bronzed skin andA girl on each armHis laurel wreath.&nbsp;Mimicking Mercury his nemesis:Chariot overturned, smashed,Its occupants scattered.Leaves became petals.&nbsp;Those with him also transformed:Albertine complexionsNow porcelain white,Mottled&nbsp; pink, purple.* Richard Y. Ball is a pathologist from Norwich. 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