don't die (inside)
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By JupiterMoon
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don’t die (inside)
don’t –
be fooled
into drinking that flat white
coffee does its best work
dark and strong as night
don’t be the twat
paying extra for copy write
don’t –
start computing
league tables
rinsed through nightly
with an award winning claret decision
as alexa tells you who to fuck
and in which position
don’t –
curl your evenings
around the ocado delivery
silence the void deep down
within tight balled fists
exchange the currency of feelings
for someone’s spotify playlists
don’t –
bother bagging up
the substitute tins of chickpeas
for the food banks
doorways don’t come with tin openers
tahini and lemon juice
and there’s no sincerity in expecting an email of thanks
don’t –
trim your children
into cis paper shapes
clumsily shaded in with pink and blue
acceptance withheld like a heist
as you force-feed fables
of an age old harry potter named christ
don’t –
die (inside)
cripple your authentic heart
with intravenous social media
providing scripts and a part
for back before the roles you play
there was a unique you
awoken with your first kiss
or buying punk vinyl in the record queue
nights you chased sunrise up
sweaty in tents or cars
with paired-up bliss
don’t –
die (inside)
for life will end anyway
shed your anxious skin
this millennial battle-armour
that hems us in more each day
connect –
with yourself
with each and all
with kith and kin
allow your recovery to begin
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This one packs a powerful
This one packs a powerful punch - thank you Jupiter
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Sage and beautifully crafted
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This is our Poem of the Week
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