Little Ted likes to bounce his ball 

on the beach

So did Billy

But he was killed just out of reach

Little Ted likes to watch the seagulls 

Swooping overhead 

But, Billy remembers them picking

At the dead

Little Ted likes to run into the dunes

To hide & play

Billy still hides from the machine gun’s

Deathly spray

But, little Ted doesn't like th...

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In Another Place

a soft breeze

drifting through an open window

hung with net curtains

the faint perfume

escaping

from an open book

the creak of a floorboard

cracking

above you

the shadows

caught dancing through the doorway

in a dim lit room

the taste of honey

clinging

on a teaspoon

the feel of a scarf

on your face

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all that is Left

blue blood
red heart
standing apart
from your peers
persistent
commoner
for the
common good
on picket lines
on marches
in support
of the oppressed
anti-war
anti-Thatcher
may your soul rest
in the peace
that you sought
never
to be forgotten
forever
to be remembered
and grieved
for there were few
as honourable
and noble
as you
Brother
as you
exit stage...

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M.I.A

the empty bus that used to bring you home

the empty armchair

the empty bed.

the empty tears

discovering

the empty perfume bottle

that they could fill

the empty dreams

the empty vows

the empty promises

to empty children

empty politicians

with their empty lies

of empty threats

from WOMD

just empty rooms

empty orders to...

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