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Bed Time......................................5
I said "Could we hold hands?" He said "Why? That's for children." I said "Could I have a cuddle?" He said "Trust me, we'll get there quicker like...
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- 820 reads
Putting Sweet Fruit........................7
"Do you like jam?" I want to make you something, put the red fruit sweet in your mouth. I pick strawberries: Summer's scent symbol of sex's fleeting...
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- 764 reads
Oh, Make Me Catch My Breath!..........12
At first, I was relieved - you hadn't had enough of me; now I worry the room I have in your mind is made of straw for you whom I'd trusted in my...
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- 710 reads
Mosquito........................................15
As I whine, here, how much I miss your warm thoughts, return countless times to my hotmail account to no avail - it is over, I see a mosquito hovver...
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- 636 reads
No Good At Maths...........................13
had this conversation with 2 people, so must be my fault
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- 659 reads
A Smoke Signal...................................8
Called to the telephone that evening, I clutched the receiver of untouchable treasure. It took me a while to work out what the soft "click" was in...
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Failing To Think About Trees..............11
I had this comfort before: the free shawl of afternoon light draped over me, warming me inside out walking in the woods. When your companionship came...
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- 713 reads
Glass Of Water...............................4
You see through me every time, have learned how I distort the world. When you come I tremble; with a finger, you could stir me. If you drank me I...
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- 676 reads
The journey
A feeling of calmness A stillness like a cold empty cathedral The sudden warmth hits you Replenishing the desire for comfort Like a child handed back...
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- 259 reads
Vase............................................18
I wouldn't pick flowers, but, you hand me a vase; beautiful it was - days pass for hours through its glass. So carefully I took it, and, wondering...
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- 793 reads
Jarring Emptiness.............................14
In the garden air simmers. Under the bright tight fitting saucepan lid sky. bruised raspberries lie, meltsoft sweetsharp jewel juices ooze veins wasp...
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- 764 reads
Different Kinds Of Music....................10
On the internet I'd told you I sang all the time: out of tune - songs you don't like. Asking me to stay the night, you'd said we could each have our...
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- 767 reads
QE II
QE II How silent and gracefully you move while being towed from your berth. They say that you are the finest ship ever to be built on this earth. You...
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- 593 reads
Engagement
Engagement Here we all stand to give that special toast, To our children, from family, friends and host. On this day, they have pledged their hearts...
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- 510 reads
Both sides of Life
Both Sides of Life Ah! Give me the life with sunshine and champagne, Give me a dream come true, I'll never complain, Fast cars, fast boats, and fast...
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- 615 reads
X: If These Walls Could Talk
My teacher comments that this writing has a sharp, mature cynicism which is very appealing.
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- 370 reads
Joke letter
A spoof complaint letter- surreal
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- 605 reads
A Poem!!
When you can sit with them for hours, Without saying a word, But without it being awkward, And you feel your thoughts are heard. When you can make...
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- 731 reads
Let Me Tell You Now It Is Too Late.......17
Beached on an opposite chair separated by the misunderstanding silence: sand which fills my mouth, blows to your ears I knew I should have said...
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- 700 reads