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Narcissus
Narcissus needs a loving gaze As a baby his Mother looked away or hid her eyes tired and sad He has needed ever since a pretty mirror to exist not to move or speak or love his human self but exist
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- 1868 reads
Cold Boudicca
Cold Boudicca her city suit armours her in cloth her woman self set aside and fallow trusts only herself wears knives on her chariot and crisped helmet hair cooks for one and sighs at the hopelessness of men
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- 1807 reads
Load King
...I felt more secure knowing I would not be the only victim of the crushing metal train if one decided to jack-knife.
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- 1050 reads
Christmas Ornament
...Our youngest got a mild lecture on respecting other people's property and the assembly work continued.
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- 1372 reads
Grasping At Nettles
Breathlessly we climb the non-metamorphic hillside the glare squinting at our shadows your fatherly hand steering my footing. You fill my head with your 'earth nectar'¦ I marvel at the volcanic rock
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- 741 reads
A Half-light declaration
Whispering in hair stroking softness at three am I mingle profundity with nonsense to form messages that loop around your neck like my outstretched arms. The checked bedspread shields me as in the grey light I seek your scrutiny
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- 590 reads
A ditty on divorce and A toast to amicable break ups
A Ditty on Divorce: Shall I name several instances of betrayal Or quote well-meaning advice? No I'll go forth in anger And dream of squeezing his genitals in a vice. ---()()()--- A Toast To Amicable Break Ups
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- 620 reads
How Sweet That Is
Our pedals spin and whir we career along a gravel path. Beneath the squinting grey I listen to our intimate soundtrack. Cycling tall in conifers, following your curved back that maps my way, caught in the thrill of future reminiscing
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- 612 reads
A Hijacked Nation
A Hi-jacked Nation The TV runs on a loop: Torn clothing, ashen faces, wails of realisation, Maniacal sirens and amber alarms, blood running from foreheads and knees. Concrete monoliths shadow the victims
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- 699 reads
Lily's Frillies
Another journal. Thoughts on a frilly hat.
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- 1299 reads
The Barley Fields
Baked tarmac cracks in the heat of the day And the smell of scorched earth shimmers. Dust and insects film my prickling face.
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- 682 reads
Planet Tardis
Through the looking glass at the back of the wardrobe in a quiet street where the Tardis stands Barely furnished Habitat basics two mugs and a kettle Shall we go exotic? test our pleasures
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- 1848 reads
I Have Always Been Afraid of Air
I have always been afraid of air The swooping fall of space fast cold plummet Not a circle like a leaf but in deadly earnest I want a bigger life but not the empty air hold me in your arms
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- 1660 reads
Everyone in America
Everyone in America live in big colonials on the lakeshore or in modern mansions with a seaview in the OC They all have perfect teeth and designer clothes wonder at nothing except the price of oil
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- 1721 reads
Cave of the Storm Nymphs
Let me call you a storm pull you laughing into lucent waves My pretty sisters loll and languish in flickering cave light tricketting with baubles while sailors drown and drown Come to me we wil be air
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- 1957 reads
Red
It was red/gold my hair bright copper Titian Pre-Raph Burne-Jones beautiful I asked the hairdresser to put it back now it's just red
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- 1903 reads
The Old Car
...The car was on its side and secured in position for the grand display to follow.
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- 836 reads
The White Crow
...The calm water stretched for one hundred yards through the canyon ahead
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- 927 reads
HANG ON YOUR FAITH
Hang On To Your Faith The devil's whole strategy is to get you to turn loose of your faith in God and His Word. MARK 4:15 NIV 15 Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the
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- 1038 reads
REJOICE IN TROUBLE
Rejoice In Trouble Life can be hard. Maybe you have been forsaken by your spouse. Or are struggling with the death of a loved one. Or facing the constant pain of disease. Or the loss of a job or business. Or, maybe just the
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- 908 reads