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Glistening In the Night

So I got lights on the hills in my view tonight. Glistening little lights from this window of mine on high. I can see the movement of vehicles on the motorway. Beyond that moving line my hills disappear over the way. So I got lights on hills in villages I can see. It’s quite magical to watch, it’s quite magical to me. I can hear the train before I see it snaking lower down. Follow a car on the motorway until it gets behind a hill and then appears higher up on the other side of town. So I got lights on hills out towards the Peaks tonight. A light flickers in the sky as a jumbo jet silently goes by. I can hear the drumming scratching of the engines three/four miles away. See a car on the criss-crossing country roads behind the motorway. The panorama from this window covers at least twenty miles I think I’d say. So I got lights on hills and dark areas where no lights there are to see. If I lean out of the window Emley Moor and Barnsley football ground are the furthest I can see. But I love this view as it flickers so gently. It’s relaxing and beautiful to watch, it’s relaxing and beautiful to me.

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