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The Journey – Julian Stannard
The George Crabbe Memorial Poetry Competition
1998 Crabbe Memorial Competition – First Prize
Adjudicators: Martyn Crucefix and Judith Kazantzis
Imagine esplanades of steps
that carve their way through
the midriffs of an edifice
Imagine yourself taking
that route into the viscera
of a lungless palace
You come to these glassy steps
on a daily basis
which take you surely to a desk
and worse much worse
But between the security man
who wants to ruin you
and the surveillant
who has taken account
of your usefulness
there are exactly 90 seconds
of windowless ascent
in which you are beholden
to nothing other than
the patina of dust
you scatter into every corner
but slowly, slowly
Copyright © Julian Stannard 1998
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