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Easy in the Dark 
by Mo Murrie

Let’s walk to the moon
at the end of the street
while the cat’s on fire
and the dog’s asleep
let’s get into one of these cars
and drive to the moon
in the middle of the night
do something we’ll remember
for the rest of our life
nobody knows who you are

 

and everything
is a little bit strange
it’s a little bit soft it’s a little bit changed
it’s you and me moving through time
so how can you lose
in your pretty blue shoes
whichever way it turns however quick it moves
just press the ignition and drive

 

you can drive to the moon
you can go that far
and never see nothing but the seats in the car
you got to get out of your mind
and if the snow’s too hot and the road’s too white
like it gets pretty weird on the moon at night
we’ll turn into side-streets and hide

 

cos everything is a little bit strange
it’s a little bit soft it’s a little rearranged
it’s everything moving in time
and we’ll nurse one another
through the worst of the night
and hope we’ve recovered when the sun sheds light
on the road where the oceans divide

Mo Murrie is a traveller, writer, father of three living in the west country. He's worked in theatre and had two plays professionally produced, "The Bird" at the Crescent Theatre and "I She You Me" at the Mac - both in Birmingham. Also poems in various magazines including The Cricketer and The Countryman.

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