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Barbed Wire Disease
A one mile queue in the car lane all the way down the hill bus lane so empty you could roll an apple down it. But we’re just soppy lemmings Ready for...
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See it, Say it, Sort it
Dirt riddled cages bustle the almost blind through dirt encrusted tunnels to stations where the dirt still can’t be seen. Changing lines walking...
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I often concern myself
I often concern myself with Why she loves me But it’s a pointless exercise When a good woman’s love is as unwavering as a sparrow’s wing to its young...
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Where there’s no truth there’s no crime
There’s a sad, ominous prescience hanging in the air. With the sickness seed sown and settled in, the world’s flowery persona has wilted into a...
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Some things can never be replaced
I lost the tooth last night Been dreading it ever since The dentist put it in. A grand A whole grand for a bridge Not even an implant. Said he had a...
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Super stuff.
Posted on Sat, 04 Apr 2015
Super stuff.
Typos
Glee into a window seat
Giffnock the place where mill
Simply but expensively
Print jeans. Should
Woman (women?)
Like a traffic warden, guided
Where's the toilet, hen?...
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This shows amazing character
Posted on Thu, 26 Mar 2015
This shows amazing character and strength of will. It's strange how a negative aspect of life can be such an empowering shaper and builder to a better future. One thing I've learnt recently is that permission comes from within and the best...
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Wow, this is excellent
Posted on Thu, 26 Mar 2015
Wow, this is excellent writing that exposes the trauma of poverty with murky depth and bright clarity. Looking forward to more
Read full commentPosted in March/26/2015
Love it, PT. Just about says
Posted on Tue, 24 Mar 2015
Love it, PT. Just about says it all in a nutshell. I remember visiting my dad in Cape Town and going to the local Pick n Pay supermarket (from where he was once banned for turning up at the precise time that the pastries were marked down in price...
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Is that of Roehampton, Tina?
Posted on Sun, 01 Mar 2015
Is that of Roehampton, Tina? It reminded me of there alot and the ending says alot too. There's only one way to block it all out.
Read full commentPosted in The Beat Goes On
Nice touch at the end. The
Posted on Wed, 18 Feb 2015
Nice touch at the end. The mind's a powerful thing and sometimes when I'm dreaming and I wake up, I don't know which is reality and which is dream.
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Just as beauty is in the eye
Posted on Tue, 27 Jan 2015
Just as beauty is in the eye of the beholder, sweet music is in the hands of the player. You never know, maybe she'll be the next Amy Winehouse, but I loved this piece on how innocent music has the power to remove us from worry.
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Heard this at the Wheatsheaf
Posted on Thu, 22 Jan 2015
Heard this at the Wheatsheaf last night and bowled over by it. A really thought provoking piece of blood over water.
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Hi John. It's about how
Posted on Wed, 14 Jan 2015
Hi John. It's about how everything we believe to be true and hold dear is far from it and how we've been lied to to serve an agenda. They hardwire kids early these days to stop them asking questions. The circus can be found anywhere. We're all...
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Great to read a poem that
Posted on Thu, 13 Nov 2014
Great to read a poem that opens with a joke, curdles as it's stirred and ends with a whip round the midriff for good measure. The abattoir calls for the abortions of life that sit and stare in silent pubs the world over, and the state isn't...
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