Cherry

Joe

I sit and think About the tape I made you And the books and shuttlecock You’ve left behind. I wonder how I couldn’t reciprocate When you did all you did Made music for me
Cherry

The Hog In Armour

So, I tried again And slipped, it seems Out of my own skin, Into someone elses, Into yours Into your house, your tragic life Your blood-red room And single bed I threw myself

K

Hideous beauty And the red chains break As the silent waves wash over the sand, Cleansing. The white walls are crumbling, And the light streams through, The thousand holes.
Cherry

Fish-Eyed

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Flaring Atmosphere

An eye-straining speck lies helpless on the ocean, like an upturned mirror reflecting the sky's grim exhalations. The grip of the waves never relents and their tight intangible fingers shift
Cherry

Life in the old sea dog yet.

"But I haven't had my dinner yet!" Moving four elderly vacationers along a mile long path is much harder than it should be. "Yes you have Doris."
Cherry

The Ceroc Years - Number Five

Apologies to Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854 - 1900)
Cherry

The Ceroc Years - Number Four

Apologies to William Blake (1757 - 1827)
Cherry

The Ceroc Years - Number Three

Apologies to Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936)
Gold cherry

James

And I can’t do anything about that fucking wall.

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