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Somerset reflexes


We stress and de-stress

Our heads need more rest

for their methodical tyranny exceeds the speed limit

Facial muscles and

other head muscles

don’t need rest; neurons - in their crania - have a tendency

to fire chaos

whenever they want

When our heads rest, slow reflexes are enabled. That’s okay

Throttles can be lame

Yet, one story stands

withering. Taunton’s past plays out in a rustic hippodrome

Glory fails in there

The Duke of Monmouth

proclaims himself the king. We hear all his pretentious voices

Remember to rest

Like a deep tendon

reflex - stretching a historical drama to breaking point

By the Chard canal,

we breathe in freshness

Letting some familiar monotones colour themselves in

Life enters our bones

as blink reflexes

operate, under the white sun, to give the right reaction

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