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Dear Green Place

from Graphite by Kevin P. Gilday

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Oh dear green places of Glasgow
You welcome tramp and child alike
Provide a refuge from the brew
Allow a battalion of students to ride a bike

Brilliant green scars across the anonymous grey
Islands of beauty not yet swept away
A place to write, to think and to dream
Away from the malaise of the estates and the schemes

Oh dear green places of Glasgow
Relics of Victorian splendour
Our true collective birthright
Our entwined pasts you render

From Kelvingrove’s herbaceous border
To the Lama of Tollcross
From Bellahouston’s wide open spaces
To the swans of Hogganfield Loch

Oh dear green places of Glasgow
Against the harsh winter you stand resolute
Intrepid explorers conquer your vertices
And transform your snow covered hills into chutes

Vivacious flowers bloom in intricate arrangements
Under the nourishing cover of the Botanic’s containments
Young children frolic
Earnestly chasing the leaves
While the teenagers push their boundaries
Drinking Bucky behind the trees

Oh dear green places of Glasgow

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from Graphite, released December 25, 2011
Vocals - Kevin P. Gilday
Piano - Jennifer Campbell

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Kevin P. Gilday is an award-winning writer and spoken word artist from Glasgow, Scotland.

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