Broken, turning to the arm of the record player

resting down the crackling voice

telling you what you have just been through

and will do again, and you are not alone.

And the words seep in like a porous sponge

just wanting to be healed and protected

and you carry his armour

of a trilby hat

not so fitting suit

a smile that would fit perfectly on a child

...

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This mortal life

Seems thinner now

As we move away from

The old and sick relatives

Keep a safe distance

See everyone as a potential disease

This moral life

Seems thinner now

And in a darkened room, all alone

She sits tapping her fingers ,

Hoping the bell will ring

Or someone will call

Her mortal life

Thinner now

Passing away

All...

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No life is right

No life is wrong

No life is left

With just a swan song

Somewhere along the life-line

You woke someone up

You made someone happy not fed up

And although you let people eat you up inside

You were too young to realise

That your life

Is not right

Your life

is not wrong

Your life was singing,

as it will at the swan song

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I’m hanging around on a dating

In a state

Keyboards covered in tobacco, crisps, sticky with beer

Telling someone I like to climb mountains,

I’m calm and sensitive I’m in  control and I’m solvent

But I’m typing.. words …I can’t ….see

And I’m starting to spill truths

“Divorced” “Kids”

“Oh “

I like betting, drinking, smoking ,doing most things to stop me...

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Two, as it were, locked in a room you and me

Only our voices and hands to see
no endless chitter chatter
only our teeth, back biting 

no one at the door
only our bodies to explore
until the hrs. of the day say no more

Two, as it were, locked in a room you and me

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I  wish I could act cool about this

Go back to when my temperature was just above zero

Without the thought of your kiss

Slip back into a cold case

No need to break the iceberg

But my body shifts to your embrace

I don’t wish to act cool about this

I want to race down platforms

Stumble over words

Let my mind trace over your body

look at you lost for words

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Dragging my Life to School

Dragging my life to school

And knowing…

That

There

Lay

The sum …

Of my suffering

A blackout board

Learning the parts of the body quickly

From blows that went in

Dragging my life from school

And knowing

That

There

Waited

A blow

A plate in the air

And thankfully a knife that didn’t go ...

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best wishes folks

A Gift x

Waiting in the queue

As far back as the eyes can see

I wait

And wait

To get you something

For all the things you’ve done for me

Priceless, you gave it free

Held my hand when sadness swept over  me

A smile at the end of a long day.

I’m paying you back in a small way

Waiting in the queue,

Tired after a long day.

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Get set go

On your marks …..

          Get ready …..

                   Go

                        Back to bed

The world can just speed off

Gather momentum

Keep pace

I’ll just

  Watch from the duvet the

   Safest place

Full speed ahead

Wiz round another

Tower block

No noise, sense or touch

Keep the windows...

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(a woke up one morning in spring to a dead leaf)

And it’s a dead one

                     I’m turning over a new leaf

                             A dead one

                             Left over from autumn

                             Something unpleasant on this spring morning

                             I’m turning over a new leaf

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STREET SCENE

That’s a tanning studio

That’s a chippy

That’s a tanning studio

That’s a hairdressers

Empty shop

Empty shop

Empty shop

That’s a smoke free Wetherspoons

That’s a closed pub

That’s a closed pub

That’s a closed pub

That’s a couple strapped

for cash

That’s a family next door

whos...

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