I’m not a mourner, not even a friend

Just a friend of a friend, been asked to attend

I never knew my friend’s late friend

So it seems kind of strange that I should be here at his end

I feel out of place, not being a friend

And the tears of his loved ones mean nothing to me

I should be moved by all this emotion

But I’m starting to think: should I hav...

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Our life is a real drama

In such a colorful gamma.

Our life is just a moment,

Sometimes with a torment.

Just have enough patience

To keep good relations,

To love truly and forgive.

You won’t believe

But today I cried away.

Someone thought it was a shame,

Someone comforted, didn’t blame,

Someone said: life goes on,

Someone dies and some are ...

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Nimrod coasts across the bay

heavy as a swan.

I sit on the ruined harbour wall

reporting back.

Lifeboat Day - St Agnes.

I drew a picture - a cartoon -

me on a rock

a huge plane flying by

sent it to you.

Clearing your home

I come across them all -

cards, drawings, letters.

The doings of the hens, the cats.

Now, even Nimr...

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the blocks of childhood

solid, set square in red brick,

yet from the start porous, lined

by a cancerous quick

so soon perished

barely noticed we chalk one up

then tally them daily

our stars of awe and wonder

in diligent swathes

until the toehold twists

and the road falls away

when the choked black

fear stacked Sunday Psalms

choose today

(a...

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You left my body

before you were born.

My freezing body

floated toward the light,

only to be returned

to life by grace

and a prayer.

I was glad to

be alive but bewailed

my unborn child.

My child, did you

leave me because

of my sins?

To leave my sordid

life ...

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Today Bella died

And yes, both of us cried

‘Though we know so much is sadder than that.

Still she was a good friend,

Dignified ‘til the end

And now, we‘re gonna miss that cat.

She’d warmed both our feet

Would be waiting to greet

And before you could lay down your hat,

You’d hear that great purr

Feel the rub of her fur,

Oh how we’re gonna m...

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LYNETTE

Not quite sure why your death affected me so much Lynette.                                                     

Left me very upset when I found out.                                                                                              

I'd just been to Tesco’s at Greenfield for Naomi.                                                                   ...

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