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the big check up
Heart - the proper place to start Too snug to be riled Liver- there’s the boy Loved fatty food and all things crude Kidneys - pissed away Indelible...
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Countdown
Countdown When Helen got the telephone call that her Da was dead she was curled up on one end of the couch watching Countdown, painting her toenails...
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Waiting
Fog clouds and claws Cling-things of the flesh Earth a smoking pit Mountains made to fit Unmanable things as sea Albino plants Fallen lies of the...
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strides
Is it fun being impossibly young? Am I too old to care What you wear? What I wear Without a care? T-shirts, chains, all a dazzle. Soulboys’ greasy...
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In Closing
Years roll down your face – historic Hysterical Pack a paunch to your gut A hundred billion neurons die Now you know why Diet You what-the-fuck...
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I prefer the sun, but I guess
Posted on Sun, 27 Nov 2016
I prefer the sun, but I guess I'm not the only one. Without rain I fear makind would be history.
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30 story in 30 days, you're
Posted on Thu, 24 Nov 2016
30 story in 30 days, you're having a fucking laugh! keep at it.
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so many invisible days, in so
Posted on Sat, 19 Nov 2016
so many invisible days, in so many ways.
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the sweet and the sour the
Posted on Fri, 18 Nov 2016
the sweet and the sour the bouquet of forgotten flower, the aftertaste, that's what makes this poem so great.
Read full commentPosted in I don't really like Hardy's Legacy
yes, I agree, echo it is for
Posted on Wed, 16 Nov 2016
yes, I agree, echo it is for me.
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a stout heart and a wet mouth
Posted on Wed, 16 Nov 2016
a stout heart and a wet mouth, right enough. But I don't like the start: 'Paidi’s hurled face of wrath.' I'd guess you'd have to put it another way to get the man and his moods right.
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I really enjoyed reading this
Posted on Sat, 12 Nov 2016
I really enjoyed reading this. The only false note I detected was you saying you were 'socially withdrawn' I prefer the more striaghtforward, I was shy. Reminds me a bit of Jackie Kay going to the same kind of meetings, but for socialists, and...
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there's a lot of pain here,
Posted on Sat, 12 Nov 2016
there's a lot of pain here, brimmng and overflowing words that stain our minds and we have no refrain, because, to be honest, we do the same cruel things again and again.
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a year is nothing, but
Posted on Fri, 04 Nov 2016
a year is nothing, but sometimes it is something.
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summer cloaking turns...yes
Posted on Fri, 21 Oct 2016
summer cloaking turns...yes it's in the air.
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