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A queue

A QUEUE

I’m standing on a queue

Like everyone around me,

Waiting for end;

As it

Moves.

 

Strangers at first, but now;

Bound by the line 

Waiting for end;

Slowly it

Moved.

 

Fate, universe, free will & choices;

All those fancy words,

Now together to

Finish line

(we) go.

 

Reason, meanings,duty and focus;

Changed my own world,

As I chang...

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Left

Left

5:27 am

It is time to get up.

Airport.

Shower – I use the woman’s fancy shampoo.

Toothpaste, lotion, brush; done – in the black hygiene bag.

The woman enters the bedroom to check on me, “You have everything?”

“Yes,” I say, “I think so; if I leave anything, you could send it to me?”

“Yes, of course.”

“Okay,” I say.  She walks to the kitchen and sits down softly with ...

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You Ain't One of Us!

You ain’t one of us!

You don’t speak our language; you don’t accept our rites,

You love going to school, you’re never in fights,

You’re a fanny, a minge, a shame to the blood,

You don’t act or do what a gypsy lad should.

 

You ain’t one of us!

You love the gorja; you call them your friends,

The bairns of bobbies, where does your loyalty lie in the end?

You want to leave ...

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