Autobiographical
By Mentalelf
Things that are totally true.
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Its Only Life
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Its only life. We flowed down the broken street, feet dropping into holes in the battered, unrepaired, ignored road. Bars and more bars surround us,...
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Barfly
I’m a barfly. In bars I fly. I slap tenners On the wet Bar top. People stand clear Waiting for me to flop. But I don’t drop. “Whiskey, double”, “Erm...
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Just another night
What was tonight? Whiskey and water. Beer, Cigarette passes between lips. Smoke inhaled. Scared of the night. Afraid to leave, Afraid to stay. Lost...
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Vomit City
Vomit City I was stumbling home the rain had turned to hail. Ahead staggered a woman Spewing in the gutter Looking very pail. So I lifted her from...
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So I Hit Him.... Nature or Nurture
“So I hit him”! Catchphrase For the family. Dad hits lad, Lad hits anyone. Say the wrong word, Go on I fucking dare you! What did you say? So I...
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The Estate. Youth.
My youthfull years, which I escaped due to luck and a the love of literature that love gave me still goes on. The same scenes in pubs, and on Estates...
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Kaikoura New Zealand
When I lived in New Zealand there is a place of great beauty called Kaikoura where great humpbacks and Blue whales came on their vast journeys. Boats...
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Sorry Love
Sorry Love. The band was shit! Its name disappeared. Gone from the bottom of drink soaked memory. I held a pint mixed. Half bitter half mild. I...
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Lost Love
Lost love. From my sleep I saw a vision In the strangest Damned position. A bad condition. Damned by sleeping tears And subconscious fears I slept...
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Don't Name Them.
Dedicated to all the Teens and young people on wards 33 and 32 Leeds LGI Teen cancer ward, which became our second home, and where we made friends...
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It's only life. Autobiographical.
I've been writing short autobiographical stories, all true, and maybe one day i'll have my life in words. Its only life. We walked from a black...
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Mind The Gap
Dancing in the gaps Dancing in the gaps… Going off the maps. Looking for direction Time in reflection. When up is down And down is lost. Spinning...
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The shed smells like shit.
As a child my parents took me to Butlins holiday camp, maybe a few will see this, will have seen this. The shed smells of shit Its not a shed its a...
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So long Nick.
I had a lifelong friend called Nicky. He drank hard from an early age, his parents letting him drink at fourteen, he had no chance. As a young man he...
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Fed up.
The British are a stupid race of people still sticking like slime to feudalist barons boots. We are a race of people who are constantly conditioned...
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Damn them.... a rant.
Today the 29th, 1979. It turned me and educated me about the insane "National Rifle Association" I(the NRA), in America. Today marks the anniversary...
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It's Only Life - A Short Walk Through Panama
Its only life. We walked from a black freighter with a crossbones at its mast und fűnzig canonen. We flowed down the broken street, feet dropping...
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Always the hands.....
Check the bolt Check the bolt For action Hands slip and slide Mud and sweat Sweat and mud “Alright mate” “Aye” “Alright mate” “Aye” “We’ll be alright...
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Hurricane force twelve
I spent many years at sea, 35 or so. One time we were caught in a force twelve hurricane in the bay of biscay. Our ship was 53.000 tons, but the seas...
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