The sign at the inn swung like a gallows

the light lay low on the heath.

Old Ben was in his settle

sucking baccy through his teeth.

Puddles formed on the flagstones

where a one - eyed dog stood watch;

underneath a ragged sky

the inn was dark as a crotch,

except for a fire - lit window

that glowed like a winter star,

through which a cluster of faces took in

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It was a simple thing

Just a different bed

She slept for a night

A wave

One night turned into two

And then three

A tsunami

Then he pushed back

So she pushed harder

Until they were miles apart

And we were in the middle

Screaming just so they could hear us

But its not like they were listening anyway

They loved each other?

They c...

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Make 2019 a smoke free year,

Postpone death and funeral fear.

Prevent the poison in the tar flowing in a flood,

Avoid the threat of clot formation due to thicker blood.

Chemicals in the blood make your heart beat faster,

Furring up your arteries creating a deathly  disaster.

The enemy in the smoke can attack your kidneys and  win,

Also reducing the amount of oygen reachin...

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Clay and mud
mixed in blood
molten wood
falling under
burnt asunder
I wander
heartless it seems
like all the world
is the idea that we
should be stranded
at the seams
I can't help but unravel
sound tight
I keep it all inside
the helpless cry
of a childhood denied
simmers now
below red black
thick acrid
hell is near
I feel it's burn
a thousand suns
could not be worse
I give m...

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Unlock your heart with the grateful dead

The original code is nearly always 0000

Pull off the shackles to unlock your hands and other necessary appendages.

Rotate your heart 90 degrees counterclockwise 

Look out of any window

Squeeze your heart.at what you see

Set a new combination by turning the tide.  

Choose a magical number and never-ever hide, never-ever part

NEVER ret...

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The palpitations of life. Unsure. Unforgiving. Like radiation poisoning to the soul. 

Vibrant colors float in the vastness of the depths of hell. 

Feeling every vibe from the endless little souls. 

Dancing in the downpour of weightlessness. 

Yet we're confused. What is real and what is a simple mirage. 

Convincing but deadly. That's the remarkable unfairness of this life. 

Suffoc...

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I’ve sunken to nothing it’s all on me

Selections I’ve made not on you i see

Yet truth be told with someone that lies

I’ve chosen to have revenge when you die

My boys will carry my burden to lift

It will drag them to the generational abyss

You will not regret leaving me alone

As there’s no feel that isn’t your own

Carry the weight of me on your shoulders

The rest of your ...

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How New-Year rhymes we've heard before

put us to sleep, because they bore

As New Years come, more aged we grow

then just like the rubbish, out we go

We come in crying at our birth

then exit smiling, rear of hearse

We hug the world and all its poor

we'd sooner hug the girl next door

We live, we love, we woo, we wed,
then get divorced or end up ...

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The whale is a big thing.
Jonah had three days in the belly of the whale
carefully considering, and I hear him now.

"This is a good time in the progress of the world.
I know a people of the earth contemplate 
hunting the whale to extinction. Yet
no captain Ahab plunges on his solemn mission.
Only Nippon company men after profit
whatever the cost. Call me apoplectic
b...

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When they’re older,

and it’s all abit too late,

no one will be laughing,

about those green things on my plate,

I eat well, I exercise,

I have tons of energy to work,

yet the coolest person in the office,

is an absolute jerk,

I’m known as “the weird one”,

because I’m climbing mountains on the weekends,

im not out being an idiot,

getting wasted with my friends,

I ...

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The sign of Stress leaving your body . The sign of Happiness . A sign like no other . What a difference . Stress Shows . Without Stress who knows .

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Breaking all the shackles

Throwing away all the chains

that were holding her

she finally got rid of the  pain

She drew strength

just  from within

that was the day she found herself

and realized chasing dreams was not a sin

Pleasing everyone

was not her wish anymore

focusing on herself

became her aim of soul

It was very taxing

To identify her tr...

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Happy New Year Everyone

As a rhymer I'd be neglecting my duty

To not wish you a Happy New Year

Bate your breath as to what I might say next

To which you can say “Dear oh dear”

It's been bloody hot where I write from

Someone said “Hi you flaming galah”

My reaction to this as an Aussie

Is ha-bloody-ha-bloody-ha

(No offence Po....)

One fan of mine (wh...

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I wish all these happy moments gets freeze in this winter

For ever, Forever!

All pains, sorrows vanish away

Like all yellow leaves falls from trees

I wish all happiness, love and laughter falls upon us

Like a snow fall in the winters and beautifies everything which it covers

Let’s get them freeze along with this breezy chilled wind

I wish all these happy moments gets...

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Remain alone

Monday, December 31, 2018

7:19 AM

To remain strong

you got to be among

the people who daily face the struggle

still remain among the people

it gives the courage to withstand

and understand

the real difficulties faced

and its origin traced

to go away from the mainstream

may not provide you any beam

or hope of any kind

this must b...

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The Long Notes

I did two long numbers tonight,

Unusual for me,

uncharacteristic you say,

well, quite.

Went well but as ever

I wanted more,

You know the score,

For expression, fame

and adulation,

We're sometimes

just tuppenny whores.

Yet still content

to be with like-minded souls,

Beatniks, blues and jazzmen

breathing the same rarified air...

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https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?contentId=24922

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The Inner Sprawl

A morass wallowing in its own destiny

faces of anguish,vacant, lost in a 

conundrum of terrestial confusion

Eagerly in pursuit and pursued

driven by all that should be detested

yet now set upon a pedestal of glory

A beggar with dog of adoring eyes

blue smoke wafts his presence to passers by

Some ignore to rush with bated breath

others bewildered ...

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Never let Haters Define you by the box they create for you! They persecute you because they FEAR you and your Greatness!

She crawls on self-defeat

with her sore bare feet.

Jagged cracks play on tiles;

i deem them infantile.

Reflections of old wake

as memories overtake

the waterfall of tears

which draws oh so near.

Waves of empty promises

splash against thi...

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'Like he said you get small and you can see yourself and you tell yourself he needs to go to sleep yeah he needs to go to sleep he needs to shut his eyes and relax before he can feel how small he is and how big his pulse is, creeping like spiders across his psyche, his unconscious world pulled tight like babyskin, shaking him awake under the sting of panic over phantoms that were never there.

s...

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It soothes it calms

and helps us to reflect

It’s been around for many years

No needles to inject

Medicinal, ingestible

A wonder of the world

Not the opium of the people

but can be addictive 

none the less 

In many a crisis it is used

In hospitals or prisons

Suitable from the very young

to those growing old or wizened 

It’s suggested if we’re fe...

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There is immense value

within each one of us

that is cumulatively enriched

when we share with each other.

But when it comes to giving,

sadly we hold back

in the pretext of protecting ourselves

and then ironically wonder

where has the goodness of this world gone?

It takes wisdom to realise

and courage to admit

that what you have accumulated

through v...

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A Black Red Rose stood in a sparkling vase

As the sun shone through, the water glowed of wine

The thorns surrounded the stem like green lace

Everyone stopped to admire her beauty and strength

Her intricate accents that were enhanced by the sunshine

A curvy, longated stem with length

One day a petal slowly to the ground fell

Than another followed, making a line

Soo...

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“Wot you looking at?

I can sit ‘ere if I want -

This ain’t the bleedin’ Champs Elysees

an wot if I did take off me knickers

It’s an hot day innit

An’ anyhow ‘e made me put me knee up

to hide me parts

They’re all talk anyhow these philosophers

they don’t reckon us girls -

(I can paint tooy’know)

’an ’course we’re impressed

anyone who can talk for an hour

and stil...

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I feel like I'm here all alone
There's people here beside me
I know they don't love me
I'm just a wallflower listening to the conversations

If I fade into my mind I'll find hate
Not for anyone here but just myself
I'm in the city of drug addicts
Broken and all alone 

I've overdosed myself on love
Now I'm paying that the price in blood
I could get addicted to drugs  
That wouldn't fi...

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She,

held her self still.

And I

recalling her face yet

that with my mouth

I forced the enquiry,

and argued the pressing

to her lips

Like those wants

of wishes sated

we had with marbled hurt

turned one back

against the other,

that was forever

like the past

both of us

going nowhere,

always

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I gave you three pennies

that one winter’s morn

when the dancing had finished

and we felt so forlorn.

The first for that kiss

when we were first lovers

ne’er to be broken

lying snug under covers.

The second for our child

for one oh so fair

a cherished little treasure

but not long for this air.

The third for hearts broken

no healing can mend

...

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How we love those Christmas songs

That take us where the heart belongs

And happy days that go so fast

Recalling a past we'd love to last.

But as the festive days recede

And we look to where our lives will lead

Each in our own way - with cheer or tear

Says hello to a brand new year.

So - raise a toast - and raise a smile

And reach out over many a mile

To welc...

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When the moon wanes

and shadows cast; long and deep

When the soul billows bleak

to the fatigued of life

I will breath for you

as you turn frail and fall

like autumn leaves

I will love you all the more

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Location! Location! Location! It’s a mantra

the upwardly mobile intone,

who have set up shop elsewhere –

catchpenny merchants with tricks up sleeves,

purveyors of pleasures and deals.

On a street where ripples of boom

and bust have long since subsided

beneath the tide of failure

the footfall of ‘three day millionaires’

kept all the rest in business.

Awaiting...

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You think that time would make it easier and maybe I'd just forget.
I still think about that day often but I'm starting to think about it less.

I don't know if I should feel guilty because you're not always on my mind.
Or maybe that's just what happens when you've been gone such a long time.

I do wonder if you'd be proud of me and the things that I've done.
Would you tell me that you're h...

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I've not been on long for a while

My hearts been broken for a while 

My feelings have been taken to trial

But I've been thinking a while

So many people around me but feeling lonely 

I'm a mother but sometimes it's hard to find me

Some times I just long for trust

Not many peoples wishes but I'm begging I must 

Unload my troubles 

To some people I could be speaking just bu...

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It's not just the plunge

it's walking BLIND

No one to hold my hand

no one to understand

my need to know

so I can go

the best way for me

Information is

sedation

for my pain

I do not mean to 

interrogate

I'm just starting

this journey late...

in life

By Lynn Hahn

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We’d gone to watch it in a pub near Durham in April of last year.  We’d taken a cottage for the weekend to celebrate my 65th.  Jayce had been mortified.  It was the weekend of the big match and all his friends and family had got tickets to Wembley to watch it.  But we’d phoned the pub up and they’d assured us it would be on the big screen.  So we went.

The bar was almost empty when we arrived b...

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It's easier to believe
I am a child of the most high God
than to live a life of despair.

It's easier to believe
everything happens for a reason
than to question fate.

It's easier to believe
love is everywhere
than to give in to hate.

It's easier to believe
in forgiveness
than remain a victim.

It's easier to believe
in abundant blessings
than mounting problems.

It's easier ...

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Because I can no longer kiss you

no longer feel your skin

beneath my fingers

or hear you in the night

Because I can no longer call you

no longer sound your name

beneath my breath

or hear you whisper soft

Because I could not stop time passing

could not return time's sand

beneath its glass

or heal the wounds of time

Because I could not hold you here

could yet y...

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It started so tentatively.

Arms reaching awkwardly,

a frisson of fear until

her arms respond.

A nervous coming together of lips,

which then part

to allow a hesitant foray

past the confines of teeth.

And relax,

as tongues begin to twine,

at first timidly,

then with increasing confidence.

Gradually, the embrace becomes tighter,

yet more comfortable,

bodies a...

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I didn’t really understand what you meant

When you said you saw a family picnicking

And they were happier than you,

Even though I felt it must be true.

And when you said you were happier than I was,

I knew you weren’t actually speaking to me,

But I decided to stay miserable

Just so your poem would always be true.

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It's 2 o clock in the morning, soon 3 then 4!
It's a cold, cold night and the rain does pour.
I'm not as young as I was, but a job to be done.
As I pack away the famous Knotty Ash drum.

The moggy skin coat I lay across the back seat.
Dicky Mint sits quietly, another show complete.
These times can be hard, but please hear this.
The day will come when these times I will miss.

Costumes, h...

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We hold them until the joy 
Runs out of their faces
And they give up 
Any notion of escape

Once broken
They walk around timidly 
Mouthing what we drill into them
Without too much stuttering

A few are more difficult
To break we defer to 
The more experienced amongst us
To show us the advanced techniques 

Of course we are constantly 
Monitored so any sign of sympathy
From us...

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Merry Christmas to me!

Tonight

In the wee hours of the mellow moon

That shines like a keyhole to Heaven

I have a belly once more that 'knows'

Its God-given design -

To receive my food

And de-construct it

With purpose unparalleled

Re-constructing those elements

That nurture my physical body

Leaving my brain, my 'soul'

Free

To thrive in their own esoteric sph...

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outstretched    hand your hand

 grasping    reminding

 reciting    the parts of

you like a litany to me

[everything that I can still remember]

singing your life like a

prayer

 staccato

 pestilence petulence

precision

lost among the

             waves of time

this time.

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A bright day 
he said 
I wish it's a long time until 
the sun goes down
The sun never goes down 
in my realm 
the ruler proudly proclaimed 
and looked out 
of the window in the tower 
beyond the horizon 
farther that the eye could see

You can see 
it 
in a different view 
the jester said teasingly 
The sun always goes 
down

Out there he hurried 
to add

Copyright © 1992  by...

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the sun stretched on the morning full of dew
white butterflies enjoy orange ostrich pistils
I was face down in a sad moment
the sense of self extinction was stunned

singing birds swinging on guava leaves
the young tip tinged with joyful luster
my desire ran aground in a fake atmosphere
my dream is entangled in thousands of questions

rooster shouting in hoarse voice
lined up the geese ...

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Your own mind is yours to keep,
as long as you don't decide to follow the sheep,
Start bending all reality, this will give you your own normality,
Dance in your own style and you will stand out a mile,
Sing songs where ever you go and put on your own one man show,
Do what you want, will make you full of glee,
Then you will find you will be absolutely free,
Freedom is a state of mind and thi...

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If your heart needs a hug so warm,

that your sorrows take a melting fall,

then don't you worry, just turn to me

and see that my eyes say it all.

For i don't think that you might know,

my heart has taken you in call,

and no part of mine agrees to say,

but it's just my that eyes say it all.

You may be there or may be not,

my eyes will be in search of yours,

fo...

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Oh, god! Here I'm

Right back!

In front of you,

Ready to be redeemed

Me, the twin-legged little monster

your magnificiant creation

long long ago

To swallow

the shadows of wealth

To gulp

the shadows of love n hate

To glut

your beloved creations on earth

To gorge

everything in this world

and the other world

The Gnome of shadows!

Of shadows only!!

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She tastes love lips

But he was no angel 

In a world filled with mayhem

She seeks he who is stable 

Foundations that maintain

Love that withstands

Friendship is of the essence

Loyalty that is infinite

Wondering souls unite

Ties begin to merge

Bonds bound to the will of spirits

True intimacy is experience

He tastes loves lips

But she wasn’t...

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The ornaments of truths, the hidden needlework

The webs and knots of me lay out the lace of love

The beads of words spell out the truths for you to hold

And as you pull the strings, I'm gracefully undone

And maybe this is it, and maybe that's the day 

That everything before was destined to create

And I will gladly take each silent come what may

And may it come right now, ...

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Been happy or Been sad,

fulfillment or not attaining your desires

it comes with alot of emotions.

Finding a purpose in chaos

stuck in the system for ages 

motivation to feel alive again

After chains of break down leading to a break forth.

Beautiful thing about life its more about re writing than writing

It makes you tear down so you can break through 

sometimes...

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DEATH OF A BAR

Barcelona 2012

The warmth has gone,

the boar's head taken down

all fireplace brick surrendered

to the sledgehammer,

that old woman who

punished fruit machines

denied her homebound pleasure,

the jaunty evening crowd

now scattered like funeral ash.

The barmaid with her optimistic hair

left stranded, the perrenial

inviting smil...

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Oh How Then

The powers that be took us into this mess

And we as people decided to act

Yes that’s right we banged our pans and spoons

Screeching ENOUGH IS ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

You there over there yes you in Europe

With your plans and rules and laws and languages

We are English and do not want your rules

Or to be ruled by you from citadel Europe

What will we gain from this?

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Remember 

how you were a single flower

In an evergreen forest?

The weight of the branches

smothering your chances of survival. 
 

But.

Remember

how you found energy

falling from the clouds in bright streaks of light:

rays that came from the heavenly bodies.

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Staggering beside the carts, like dull warhorses,

we stumble along endless tracks and mud-souped ditches,

always stooped, intent upon the next step.

Rattling behind, grisly chains of disarticulated bones,

tied by tendons and ligaments, trail beyond past horizons,

 a century of war.

Rainbows always cry.

The holly bears a bloody fruit.

All victors ethically vanquished.

But...

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Past 3 O’Clock
Still, the moon like 
frost across the bedroom 
floor.
-
Tonight
we find the language
we spoke as 
children
when our minds
were open
and our hearts 
young.
-
We hold hope within us,
like a little house
swelling with light
in the darkness
of a late 
December evening.
-
Awake,
listening to the gentle sounds
of those I love
sleeping 
nearby.
-
The candle 
in...

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eventually—

it could be soon

— i will run out 

of words

that have not

been said before.

doomed to be ordinary,

to recycle rhymes 

and steal sentences.

to boldly claim

my sentiments,

to pour my heart out,

only for it to have

been said before

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I didn't write as they said,

directed or instructed.

Naturally I was outcasted.

I was not in a hyped review or

Concocted rostrum.

"Just gibberish" they said.

I didn't not mind.

Why should I ?

My words and emotions are

no saleable commodities.

I write for I have to write.

My joys within are my best reviews.

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Merry Christmas, my dear friends! 
At this holy feast let's holdout's hands! 

Let’s think and dream of the best! 
You are all my dearest and blessed.

Without you, I can’t imagine my life, 
And with you, I can stand any strife.

Long awaited Christmas has come! 
For me and you, it’s a true momentum.

The holy star, my friends, has lightened, 
The whole world for us has brightened.

...

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Dear Santa, 

I've been extra good this year

All I want is a cure for my

rare brain disease because

see Santa I was given this

disease before I left my

mothers womb so long

ago now

But life since that time has

been up and down daily like

a rocking roller coaster riding

throughout a non-stoppable

hurricane that is enough to

drive one ...

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The Last Words My Granny Said To Me

It’s with regret that I think about Granny

And the kind words that were left unsaid

And the ways that I wished, that I’d made my last peace

But I’ve missed my last chance now she’s dead

If I could re-run our last conversation

I’m sure that I wun’t have provoked

I wish I’d have seen her, just one more last time

Bef...

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The Sojourner

What ordeal had he endured that threw him

into solitude and made him a sojourner?

Was it the memories of lost lovers, their faded lilt

echoing against the butter walls of cold sandstone quarries

in the memorials of his distant homeland?

Perhaps a frightened memory of walking weed-choked

paths leading reluctantly to an ancient ruined abbey

where black twis...

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Parliament’s off on its jollies,

The Speaker removed from his chair.

Oh how I will miss these comedians

But their break’s far too short, so beware.

So what will I do with no Brexit TV?

No Commoners standing to bleat.

Will BBC Parliament go off the air,

Or fill my spare time with repeats?

I wish I could say that I’m better informed

By listening in to the House.

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Haunted in the half sunken darkness
Some Christmases you don’t know
What to say to each other
Apart from simply walking to your family.

Smiling at couples walking around
Frozen ponds with their dogs
And children making snowmen
Out of the white mysteries on the floor

Moments tied up in images
Outside other people’s houses
With lights on their windows
Like lifted eyes facing the light

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AFTERWARDS

Quiet now, no peal or clink left of the day,

all dancing, singing, thanking done,

now speed the pulse through night.

A new morning will wake us soon

and wash all that away.

Plans for this and plans for that may knock on doors

of minds still blinking, blinded by

the flash of records made.

So lock and bolt secure those gates

and let your hearts restore.

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This was written recently by my sister who suffers from Alzheimers. I should not say "suffers" because she cheerfully accepts the different plane that it has set her on apart from the <normal> world. A very gifted author and poet the disease has cruely manifested itself by upsetting the language function of the brain, yet I find her latest works intensely moving and brave.

This now, i...

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Do not judge me for my actions.

Do not chide me for my mistakes.

Do not jeer at my defeat.

Do not cheer at my frustrations.

Do not laugh at my heartache.

For every chink in my armor and for every new battle scar,

comes with it a reinvigorated fervor to soar beyond what were once thought to be peaks.

So do not pave where I have misstepped with your 'I told you sos' and 'you'll ...

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 The beauty of writing is in the accessibility to everyone. All you need is a laptop or pen. Some people have own diaries, some write articles for websites or run blogs, some of them create unique and catchy advertisement titles. These people always want their writings to be better. There is a list of useful resources for writers. They are indispensable helpers for those who want to become a words...

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I live upon Marley’s yard

His stride, his walk

His chains and fetters

gladly received by me

From time spent past

Oh. That I may seek

That I may again gaze upon

The sun of woven fields

Where I once sat

Between sheaves of wheat

And ears of corn

To not be shorn by the guilt of guilty parties

Thrown and tidied together in grieving harm

To judge and scorn

The...

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My family will say something

And within a year if that

It will be a fact

It might be that legwarmers are coming back

Or about genetic memory

Or about a U-turn in politics

Smoking a fag at a back door

Or some beer garden

At a christening or a funeral

Just like that

If you say something is real

Then it is

My family will say something

And within a few ...

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They said worship us and you'll live 

They said touch us and you'll live 

They see a face worn out 

They see a coward with doubts 

That's why they think I'm a hollow threat they have to surround

They think they can see the dead remains inside 

Fools! because they never looked me in the eye 

If they had they'll know they've been defeated even before all this started o...

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She walks in Beauty

I know a girl whose smile

 Is as warm as August sunshine

A girl whose eyes shine

Like the pole star.

A girl whose heart is so powerful

She will share her only food

With people living on wild winter streets.

Behind her smile she hides

The feel of a rifle in her mouth as she is raped

Under a merciless Eritrean sun.

Behind her eyes she hides

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I wonder

What you see in me

That makes you think I can do this

I tell you that I can’t

And all you do is push

I don’t know if I can continue

Everytime I try

All I hear

Are your words

Telling me not to fail

How much more

Do you think I can give

I am drowning

In your expectations

And my breath comes shorter with every wave

I think that if

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You saw how we live 
You became jealous 
The way we are close
And you became envious 
Our affairs drives you insane 

The love we practice 
Makes you wish
Our disputes are undisclosed 
That makes you uncomfortable 
The way we walk in the street,
Makes you look like a witch

I admire a pretty girl in the street 
My lady knows of it either ways 
I received a visitor and you became a s...

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Playing with Fire Dangers of playing with Fire. Sounds obvious to me , I mean it’s fire who doesn’t know that ? But not every time will a person be afraid to get burned . The thought of how it will feel or what to expect . The curiosity or the what if . But then again it wouldn’t happen to me I’m smarter than the average caveman I got this . Sometimes we know we could potentially get burned a...

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The cracks in the wall remind me of you,

Their tiny twisting fingers like veins,

winding up through plaster and

Pressing unwanted gifts into a sweaty palm,

Until spider web constructions

 slip their strings to the floor,

 only to shatter and unveil

their bodies caked in blackness.

The trailer slumps in a brown-green field,

Its frame in pieces behind

Broken nets o...

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Understanding the laws of the universe
Puts you in a position of overwhelming doubt
As your mind tells you that God would never take the form of a human scout
Decaying in this moment of nonsensical bout.

God doesn’t sit on a cloud
God doesn’t pretend to shout
God doesn’t want to meet you
Or question the defiance from the stench of your wet mouth.

The Universe is filled with mathematica...

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Wounded Healer

Chestfull of Grief

Subdued Heart

Full of Mischief

Scan my Matter

I am a Thief

Don’t listen to Spirit

Just Seeking Relief

Drowning Dreamer

Trauma of Belief

Rivers to Conquer

I am the Dirt

The Soil that Speaks

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12/16/2018

Through trials and tears and stagnant moments of time built up over the years and when I felt all of my love and my giving in my soul dying - through handfuls of tears I spent crying until they subsided into painful silence and blank stares - I am happy to find you at the ends of my fingertips in such inevitability and certainty.

Happy to in a way that only life lessons and simply...

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Life in the night – trees unseen, the

woods a hidden myth, staggering

from step to unsure step, your path

is faith, your direction trust.

Safety: a myth, security: fib,

walking in darkness, way marks hid,

headway is made past obstacles

obscured, dark’s blackness: fear complete.

So rises the dawn, return of

the light, letting you see the way

through the trees...

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We know each year it comes to us
Darkness, to bright cold winter days
The greens become a golden yellow
Before bareness reveals ageing old oaks
Yet cousins stay that darker luscious green 
And brave red berries are to be born again
In time for their festive December displays

Birds, squirrels, foxes and rats still search
To find enough to live in our way 
Close enough, but not as our pre...

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I feel no warmth in your stay,

only light flames from your exhaust lead the way. 

The deadliest parts of you,

I hold high and mighty.

“Clearly it’s  not working out”

you tell me while I’m crying  

what’s wrong with me  

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Mind the gaps.

There are no happy ever afters,

just some gaps between the tears,

with houses packed unto their rafters

in which you can forget your fears

surrounded by those who love you

and perhaps by those that you love too.

I do hope your gaps are many; 

And that your tears are singularly few

for while our tears are two-a-penny

such gaps are quite pricele...

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Samuel Oldknow poetry special

spoken word Christmas cheer

season greetings to all

uncertain drinkers showed fear

ordered pints dived downstairs

before poets could explain

no forceful approach intended

to take sacred vow

cut wrists give blood

sacrifice mortal human spirit

experience open mic session

give poetry a chance!

Landlord had to whisper

as they fled be...

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This weeks theme sisters..this was an itch I had to scratch and WoL is the only place I can scratch it....

A Gap in a Curtain

She stood looking through a gap a few inches wide,
the fear on her face she could not hide.

My stomach lurched at this meekness of spirit,

filling every inch of me with a sadness aching and raw
for I knew that my parents could have done no more.

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I still remember the first day 

I laid eyes on him  

Wearing nothing but a greasy shirt 

Caught all my attention

Since then I went out every Friday

Met at your local place when you were with her

I must admit It wasn't easy

She was a ten but I knew her game

She fought with class

Such a fash, I didn't play with rules

Don't put the blame now on me

You ...

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In two eyes just one dream

living through one stream

if I was told the scheme

would I have stayed

silence filled with thoughts

no place for hidden spots

who wouldn’t have sought

for ever more

but time took your heart

and now we grew apart

i wonder when I did start

to look away

now in my lonely nights

you visite as sweet sad sights

and in the...

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christmas is ridiculous

a frenzy of indoctrination 

sentimental propaganda

pressure to participate

unrealistic expectations

inculcated in the kids

while parents go insane 

it goes against the grain to be 

so busy at this time of year

we should be curled up by the fire

not fucking running round so wired 

to buy this tat that no one needs

sanctifying endless greed

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Been drunk twice today, once 
in the haze of dawn in slumbered pile, again 
before night's drape had drawn a while, while
in-between, through sober gaze, I wished
for clouds that went clockwise by.

Have spun the empty bottle dry, in rounds
with friends who faked a smile, but once
the bell had closed that night, and rung
in hollowed echoed sigh, I stared
at lonely stars trail by.

Then...

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How melancholy are we now.

Your ghost heart beating so slowly,

I tell you things but they don’t make a sound.

How tired, how tired you are.

I meet apathy under your eyes.

How intangible is the light from the stars.

What is it to you now?

Is it silence, is it that I look into your eyes and see stone.

At what heartbeat of the clock did absence meet your bones?

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A poem for children

We dearly love old Santa Claus

who works all year without a pause.

This year his reindeer went on strike

they thought he'd have to use his trike!

Santa said -

You ask your contract be renewed

but think of all the oats you've chewed!

Overtime for the long night's haul

'on snowy roofs we risk a fall'.

You demand Monclers and furry boots

I see you ...

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There once was a man, filled with sorrow

Heart in his hands, but it beats hollow

Longing for happiness, to make a new connection

Someone to pick him up and give life direction

Afraid of once again being misled,

He kneels in silence and unwavering dread.

Tears down his face, cause him to rust

He knows not whom he can trust.

So here he stays, abused and broken

Al...

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Red stained lips,

mini short skirts,

late night outings,

just like all sinners.

Reasons were lies,

she's done it,

now all falls apart,

she's a tart.

Men and boys,

her bedmates,

to be able to live,

such a shame.

Never kissed a soul,

yet in others eyes,

she's slept with many,

how sorry was her story.

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 Casino dreams
Maybe today Ill see the reason why
 I sit at this machine hoping to be amused
 like free spins will pay out
 and only to lose
I swear this casino 
has only brought me to the deep end
So quick to say fuck it,
and what i would have never pursed
why cant i just refuse?
My mind is too gone, its all been consumed
Broken, bitter and used 
Sell us dreams, 
and we sell you...

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Hair in a low bun, 

dressy shirt on, 

new backpack on my shoulders. 

The girl from yesterday is gone. 

The girl from yesterday cried in public. 

The girl from yesterday let the bullies get away. 

The girl from yesterday let her depression 

catch up with her. 

But then tomorrow came. 

Today I laced up my white converse 

and put in my earbuds 

as I made my trek over ...

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Looking for venues or assistance with this to perform/tour my new show/performance coming in 2019.. Already have first venue booked for July in Manchester.

'70' A New Decade Of Fun. Is a new performance of spoken word/poetry with comedy which shows that ageing doesn't have to mean that you stop enjoying life and exploring new ideas. That ageing is not for wimps and lets put back humour in ...

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Fire burning over memories of Christmas

Santa is riding high into the silk sky

But he cannot come here with Brexit a tie

Donna chewed on Santa’s long toenails

As he snoozed on Blitzen’s fat belly

Where streaks of Pollock green ache

Like August clouds

In love with feathers and glass

As the fires take it all away

Widened eyes of the dirtiest faces

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Well, it's a deep subject

I don't want to put you in the pits

shining our growth back to its holy light

we all know what happens to fruit after it's ripe

the deathly fingers of age begin to grasp

pulling you off your mortal path

surely you didn't think it could last

 if we stumble, we might just roll

roll down the hill

out of control

into the pit below

not with the...

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Well now this England's a terrible sight

There are people sleeping out all day and all night

Some of them working some of them not

Most of them searching for a warmer plot

There are no pavements no streets lined with gold

Just people sleeping out there out in the cold

They don't have a bed a house or a flat

But lay themselves down on an old cardboard mat

Do you see me sitti...

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Strength...

What is it?

Who defines strength?

Is it someone who  still stands after their -

heart has been broken mulitple times?

Is it someone who refuses to give up their -

virginity even though their peers tell them to?

What about a man who can lift three hundred -

and fifty pounds?

Or maybe a single parent striving to take care -

of their child/children?

Define...

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Is there no other care
No real time to share 
Other than the love....... below 
You don't see me
Yet..Your eyes are glued to a computer screen 
No joy 
No passion 
No love you seek

You look down 
Impatiently
a love....below 
You seek
True words 
Replaced by images and hash tags
True feelings
Replaced by a smiley face... emoji... emoticons 
No voice to speak
No love you seek

M...

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My arse is soaked from sitting on the metal

for what feels like a fucking eternity.

It doesn’t look like much goes on in these parts,

especially not at this time of night,

but beggars can’t be choosers as they say. 

A tram pulls in on the opposite platform,

full to the brim with laughter and togetherness, 

the kind that only outsiders can exude. 

But then in a flash it...

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Shifting plates ..

narrates

Storylines, Guidelines..

For your life to work.

Gears shifting         Oil n' grease   

In charge of my destination

With resonating sound..

Driving through tunnels..

Lives flashing between networks , channels,  gravestones..   

Allegations, temptations, translations..   

It wasn't just a story..

But an allegory fo...

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Preamble: for this week's Saturday Rhymers theme of "moving", just for FUN repeat FUN, here is my first attempt at a... well, you'll see.

Gotta keep on moving ‘cos it hurts to stand still.

Gotta weep in proving that my work’s not landfill,

Gotta seek to be outrageous ‘cos this weakness is contagious,

Gotta be a freak to speak out and break out of all these cages.

Gotta kee...

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Charles Bukowski

   Charles Bukowski was quite a character. Bukowski relied on experience, emotion, and imagination in his work, using direct language and violence and sexual imagery. Many people found his writing offensive. He writes with a nothing-to-lose truthfulness which makes him different from most writers. Bukowski was very much into alcohol, sex and even violence. Bukowski went to scho...

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She made her mistake, she asked for it, hell she had it coming

The words spilled out before she had a chance to catch them

She was in the wrong, only one way to see it

The view on the other side of the belt

Black and blues on her skin will fade

She’s branded by the ones on her heart

In a world where we are taught, to speak for what’s right

She was wronged

It was j...

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On a cold, damp, colourful Autumn day , I arrived at the crossroads where gasps of a blustery gale were clashing into a vortex, swirling everything trapped within an invisible theatre, I sat within my vehicle frozen in amazement, stopping to glance as if in a trance transfixing my glaze, most would not have seen, instead noticing the wonderful building of All Saints well presented and quaintly bui...

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Six fathoms deep my mother lies

Yet I walk above, how my hearts cries!

O' Lord of the world, O' Master of the skies,

Thou hast all powers on who lives or dies.

Grant her paradise, grant her peace, O' Wise!

Grant her all love; Thy greatness who denies?

Six fathoms deep my mother lies

It's been one year - how my heart cries...

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Every day that time goes by I know why I was with you

I was here to guide you into this part of your life

One that I will not be walking with you

I know it sucks for me to say that

But it’s fine

I enjoyed every moment with you and honestly

I loved you for every moment we were together

As the time goes on and as we both grow older

I pray to be just a memory

A sweet season...

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Fuck it, I will let myself fall

I'll allow my stupid heart to get broken

Hopefully you're worth it

If you're not, then perhaps I deserve it.

You could be everything

You could be nothing

You could be the highest of highs or the most epic of lows

You could be my ebb, you could be my flow

You could be just one night

You could be the love of my life!

You could b...

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Voices on the Bridge Pontypridd,a poetry spoken word and music event has been running since October 2016 organised by yours truly Rob Cullen. The event has been based in the wonderfully atmospheric Pontypridd Museum a converted chapel next to the iconic Old Bridge of Pontypridd (hence the name). We've been lucky to have wonderful lineups and the event has become very popular both with performers a...

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the answer was right there in front of me

was i being naive in believing it couldn’t be true? 

or was i being naive when i believed in you.

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Cellular configurations scoop me up from the pavement

Shadow follower like my own body's outline, 

Continually scatters my thought time

Through the loss of flared dappled camouflage

I feel Escher breathing mist over the bars around my body

Casting space glassways up to me,

The tail of descent hits my family 

Like pebbled reflections vexing through this half-apple of a fable, m...

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Time heals all wounds,or so it has been said. Some wounds take more than time to heal. Some wounds don't bleed, instead they ache from sadness and trauma. Some wounds are caused by despair not cuts. Some wounds just remain, not able to heal. Some wounds are caused by words or mental trauma not just actions. How does one heal a wound that doesn't bleed, that just festers and lingers? Sometimes it b...

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They are out to get me.

They stare, sizing me up.

They think I don't notice, but I see them. I don't stare back. I don't want to incite them.

I must give off a "crazy vibe" or a "crazy odor" that they can sense I am not doing well at all.

They want to capture me, take me away, hospital.

against my will.

I don't know how to fight them.

I only know that my protective womb shell ...

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Remember today's date

Remember yesterday's date

Do not say: O tomorrow .. whisper;

Say with the highest voice

There is a short hair between hope and death

between the Rights and sustenance

There is a word destroys palaces, and builds homes

And thrones fall . . by touch

--

KHALED

Drawing : Naji Al-Ali

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Dear friends,

Can it really be autumn already?

Time flies they say and I guess it's true. The endless work of revision and preparation of the back catalogue has continued apace. At least when spare time is scarce there's always something I can do! It's a good and sometimes sobering exercise when one returns to old work. Having been writing for over eight years now I've learned to distance my...

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Staring at the billboard…
I feel so important to you

Staring at the shop window 
I am tempted to believe…
If I empty my pockets I will forget about you

Sitting on the sofa 
Watching the adverts of pristine lives…
Each and everyone 
Not a care in the world 
Joyous at the insurance policy
Or furniture that just perfectly fits in

Lying down 
Just prior to nails being hammered in…
I...

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NOT REALLY A STRANGER

I don't know what the right term is

For this kind of tide

It is high but not stormy

Grey flecked with white

Slightly misty, bad tempered

I get the feeling it would like

To burst through the walls

And drown me quietly

I stare through the windows

Of a seafront bistro

Designed to show the bay

At its best to visitors

But the waves ...

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I want to be alone

Only then, will the expectations disappear

Only then, will the pressure be lifted

Only the, will the burden and stress be gone

Only then, will I be alone

I want to be alone

Away from family and their worry gazes

Away from friends, for they don't understand

Away from my thoughts and feelings for they are not wanted

Away from myself, for am alone

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After I lost you,
If I stop
You to adore
Or begin you to abhor,
I never loved
You before.

Even if I am aware
You are no longer mine
I will take that fine.
Exchanging with you
A greeting
By itself is a
Nice thing.

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I talked to myself all the time,

But then myself answered in reply.

And now she’s here, with me, always

For I invited something too strong,

Now we are lost and now we are scared,

Now we fight for control.

You talked to yourself all the time,

Until I talked back

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Time and again you disappoint me
Your love for me I could barely see
Tried to hold on and gave some time
Now I see that nothing will be fine 

Your love for me is the money I make
Stop giving excuses for heavens sake
Loving someone never had a price to pay
I see no hope for us much to my dismay

You forgot those days when I was holding on
Those times when I could have gone
I assur...

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Thoughts of you
Thoughts of lust
Things that you will do to me
Things that are a must 

Dreams of you 
Dreams of lust
Feelings that you will give to me
Feelings that are a must

Notions of you
Notions of lust
Desires that you will give to me
Desires that are a must

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I'm leaving you, he said.

Ouch. 

I went in search for the meaning of this callous act.

I dredged up all my previous hurts.

Lined them up like a firing squad.

One of us must die. You or I.

Stop! Shouted the Buddha.

Act one. Scene one. Take two.

I'm leaving you, he said.

Ouch.

It's a wrap.

Anyone for coffee?

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To be Great is to know men hate your nomenclature.
Put in the time it takes to cultivate your Ronin nature.
Be the CEO of YOU...
Protect your Brand with all you do.
Let go of minor matters...
Hold your own in major.

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In the grate, the shivering flames
hungrily wrap their lips around logs
The boards above me creek
my wife haunting somewhere
the baby's hands reach out
wave before its sleeping eyes

The wind is howling...

The smiles on our faces as we galloped down the aisle
making sense of scattered photograph moments
but I can't remember why
can't think of anything but waiting
and doing everything...

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Light

Light is the sun
that shines so bright;
light is the moon
that glows at night. 
. 

Jesus is light
and gives us hope, 
for peaceful life
so we might cope. 

Light is diamonds, 
mesmerising;
light is the stars, 
sparkle shining. 

Light is sure safe, 
light is pure calm;
and God the light
shields us from harm. 

But don't despair 
a flameless light;
for all c...

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In the darkest hour of the day;
You will find me right away

I may not be thier when sun was not so bright;
But i was here thinking about you day & night

I don't know may be even half of the things that goes through your puzzled mind;
That little innocent boy i was fond of, i yearn to see that child.

Words are jumbled smiles are twisted;
Maturity has taken its toll on my love
Indeed L...

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OLD CHILDREN

Oya choose!
E don reach our turn
Ben abi na Benz
Desk job abi na blowjob
Sweat pint abi sell pants 
Hustle Ikeja abi form Ikoyi
Na success abi na sex

Nothing new again!
Our old children get heart
Nor gree sleep cot
Use Belle face shortcut
Follow friends begin join cult 
Carry cutlass start to cut
Begin claim Innocent for court 

Old children take time!
Who one buy...

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Unexpected

It was a dark and stormy day

In the pacific northwest

In other words, it was a day much like any other

Autumn leaves coating the wet streets

Fog and mist hanging just below the tops of the trees

Making the skyline look like the lost city of Avalon was appearing from the mountaintops

The soothing sounds of the rain and the river nearby, carrying the rain on its ...

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