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1 poem and two short stories.
Fuck! I wish I were festive! For Ezra. The synthetic fibres of Gran’s evergreen glow; pubes of a sweetcorn giant. Nose
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three poems.
1. she always left scrunched up tissues and golden, ghostly whisps of hair inside the squalor of late morning bed clothes. 2. it's like the hot whale backed tarmac
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*
Breathy summer smell, Bleeds through an open window. Dust on her bare knees.
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We came down...
We came down Out of the mountains Picking our thorny way across the rocks As best we could Until we stood Our hair matted with mud ; with crud ; with other people's blood
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What a Palaver !
What a palaver With the pavlova Wish it was over Run out of ova Look in the larder Shoppin' by Skoda A.A. have told her A.A. have towed her I can do anything You can do everything
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The Goodbye
Mama had a funny look on her face that I couldn't figure out at first. Then I realized she knew...
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Taking The Waters
Edited 11.10.12/21.08.19
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life makes no sense
Why does our past still hunts us Why can’t we forget what happened? Why can’t I show you what we done to each other as people? Girl one
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love u
Do you understand what I've been trying to tell you? I love you girl, I always have Since the first time a saw your face I remember it like it was yesterday I remember being scared to say hi
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Managing Director
I've met a few of these over the years...
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Office Party
Another of my "Working Day" poems, based on one memorable Christmas Party in Leeds
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Lifestyle
The spoils of redemption ?
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SF. Pt. 11d. Somewhere in Turkey.
A rough night somewhere in Turkey.
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Whatever happened to Woolies ?
Woolies has gone forever. This poem is a kind of lament, though written before we knew the terrible fate of its giant empire.
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OH, NUTS!
A RANT in response to recent slights and oddness...hilarious!
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about me-college prepatory student
I am a 9th grader at Kipp Pride High Gaston college prepatory school. I attend school from 8:00 A.M until 5:00 P.M.
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Beefy Lion
Got to check him out, “Utopia” is how I would describe this brother, You going to get a real beefy lion, Arms exploding like another Popeye, Nose and body, forever pumping iron,
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The Butterfly and the Crow
A sinister crow, flying low Seemed quite fat and content. A butterfly on air, seemed quite debonair, But a malcontent in truth. A coat of black was deathly stark
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