The Daytime things - Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley

"There’s a guy down at the servo
With lions in his hair
Matted tails of roaring kings
A dirty song caught on his skin
He can’t remember when he lost them
But he lost the daytime things

Daytime shirts and daytime ties
And shiny daytime shoes
Daytime cloudy thoughts that drift
In cloudy daytime blues

Daytime smiles from people traveling
While they ride the sunshine home
Daytime TV on the weekend
Daytime talking on the phone

Now he’s crying at the servo
Midnight stumbling in his mouth
Hope slowly sliding south
A dirty song caught on his skin
Matted tails of roaring kings
Who knows where or when he lost them
But he lost the daytime things

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 -The Daytime things from the novel Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley

Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley

Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley is about a girl named Lucy a recent high school graduate who spends her time working with the premier glass blower in her city.  Lucy, over the years has developed an obsession with a streetartist who names himself Shadow.  The novel takes the reader through one night in which she alongside Ed - a boy she'd gone on a date with once in which she broke his nose - go hunting for the mysterious Shadow.

I really enjoied this novel, I liked the narratives of Poet who narrated in freeverse, his poems are indescribable, and amazing.  I liked when they went to look at Shadow's art, it held an edgy feel but spoke volumes about the artist.  I especially liked the banter between Ed and Lucy the bluntness in which the speak to each other and how they lightly tease one another.  The novel only really revolves around one night but the way the author is able to bring humor, love, and general amazing-ness to the night is brilliant.  I'd give it a 8.5/10