the future has ghosts too

queuing up just waiting

we give them substance

by living dying mating

sometimes you get hints

they call it premonitions

or that indefinable frisson

whatever the definitions

clairvoyant at the seaside

read my palm for sixpence

said I'd wed a gyspy, who

did have a second sense

lit me with superstitions

she could read my ...

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gets up in the night to cry

my sleep is being disturbed

wont tell me why but these

disruptions must be curbed

I find her downstairs in tears

hugging herself as if in pain

last night it took three hours

I dont want to see it again

in her eyes a degree of guilt

something preys on her mind

deep-rooted fits of remorse

as if for someone she pined

what ...

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regrettable my outburst

but this is just how I feel

on the grid-iron of my fire

scorch marks dont heal

bad scrams to your lover

you were always a tart

he'll shortly see through

that hard nutmeg heart

my naive sapphire ring

Christmas gift unzipped

in return a Judas-kiss to

a lone moss-lined crypt

you callous as quartz

pretending to be fond

be...

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once she's plugged me in

she says my ass is electric

versatile as well as hybrid

makes her love-life hectic

trouble is with my battery

suffers from a limited range

after five miniutes full-pelt

my plug feels a bit strange

charges me in the kitchen

leaving me a cup of tea

goes back to bed while I

suffer from range anxiety

changed her energy tariff

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half-dead they do linger

machines tinkle and purr

medics swathed in plastic

distressed humans a-stir

beneath ICU wards and

amid odd cavities galore

smaller fauna breathes

distant the muffled roar

who considers the mice?

they live in hospital too

a big enough challenge

without this virus stew

if you listened carefully

on dozing wards at night

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these days you order on line

vans implement your wishes

no cash shall change hands

for suds or tempting dishes

different when I was a lad

delivery boy on black bike

box of groceries out front

what immobile ladies like

up stone stairs and knock

"come in for a cup of tea!"

listening to old loneliness

smells of body odour, pee

dreaded old Mrs Granell...

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tales lie in storeys

mine's number ten

concrete and steel

make this tiny den

fresh air's aplenty

noise from the lift

my cell  ten years

I won't ever shift

far horizon dizzy

balcony's for birds

walls to speak to

echoing my words

the drop reassures

if you're depressed

open the window

drunk first is best

glimpsed one hurtle

free w...

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no hairy lip has she or wrinkle

a far cry from ancient crones

her skin as smooth as marble

sweet melodies in her moans

black cats are always a clue

in the house hers does roam

its carbon eyes following me

at its muzzle flecks of foam

waking last night in terror

to the Devil she's chanting

buck naked and sweating

my blood she's decanting

her eyes h...

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