1989
We waited for the TV
to clear
the lines to be rid
of interference
the picture to move
just right
the black and white
so grey now
though this in colour
and the speeches
so long and the same
and we waited
the grey brown furniture
the stove in the corner
blocked out for summer
some dried flowers in front
and we waited
till he came and spoke
Masowietski
and he didn’t say
much
and the whole country
waited
held up
their glass
and the storks
in neighbouring fields
picked about
then stood bent over
quite still
and he spoke
and the world didn’t falter
the sky didn’t fall in
nothing happened
and that nothing
we knew
was the start
and what happened after
was never the same
though not very different
at first
but totally else
to clear
the lines to be rid
of interference
the picture to move
just right
the black and white
so grey now
though this in colour
and the speeches
so long and the same
and we waited
the grey brown furniture
the stove in the corner
blocked out for summer
some dried flowers in front
and we waited
till he came and spoke
Masowietski
and he didn’t say
much
and the whole country
waited
held up
their glass
and the storks
in neighbouring fields
picked about
then stood bent over
quite still
and he spoke
and the world didn’t falter
the sky didn’t fall in
nothing happened
and that nothing
we knew
was the start
and what happened after
was never the same
though not very different
at first
but totally else
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