in my cupboards

skeletons hang

still mouths strangers to the songs they sang

I take them out

bone-dry and hoar

wan skulls shorn of the locks they wore

pelvic sculptures

sharp as a blade

silent shrines to hectic love they made

bereft of flesh

that lit my fire

no lithe joints but threads of thin wire

hot tears drop on

memories clean,

pick...

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a scarecrow screams

wood pigeons rise

they can't believe their beady eyes

across the fields

he stiffly strides

years of east winds in his sides

its love he lacks

he's getting old

he wants to come in from the cold

there was a cry

one of his own,

from miles away over walls of stone

what will she think?

is he her type?

imagines her framed ...

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aghast, I'd not seen her for ages

a ghost of love my mind engages

but fate had turned cruel pages

beauty once soared from these features

hottest among human creatures

Nefertiti of love's teachers

still young, my experience rare

she'd flown me gently to her lair

the first woman I witnessed bare

two hawks preen on a pyramid

pecking morsels of new killed k...

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softly she breathes

night coats her head

I wish I lay in a different bed

some women thrill

one look inflames

their kicks come from playing games

she's too banal

her lips lukewarm

the polar reverse of a sensual storm

no excitement

zero surprise

I know exactly what's behind those eyes

it's been one year

itchy my feet

not enough her being ...

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she conjured my fate

juggled my dreams

with her visions my memory teems

I was treading water

sitting on my hands

she took me off to distant lands

hands that soothed

performed illusions

making sense of my delusions

shelter in her cloak

solace from her eyes

with my pain her mercy vies

that charming smile

she shone abroad

seemed to lift my...

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you can't stop it

love gathers dust

its downhill from the end of lust

so hot she squeaked

her touch a scorch

nothing doused my flaming torch

wet mouth a snare

long limbs a web

we knew this inferno could not ebb

ugly but chic

lithe and svelte

a body that would never melt

we sit here now

old and forlorn

wishing we had never been born

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the tears are gone

her eyes are dry

dawn breaks unblinking in the sky

I've confessed all

my conscience clean

surprised she did not make a scene

all those women

the casual lies

yet no questions or fluttering whys

no hint of shock

her sheets are blue;

I told her what she already knew

she'd sucked it up

loved me so much

forgiven all just f...

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things used to be simple

lovers dawning undiluted

before he turned up and

left my dreams polluted

I knew she had a history

you sensed it in her eyes

she'd seen many lovers

said a host of goodbyes

hoped she'd seen sense

woken up and matured

that restless streak still

her carnal urges cured

my money she was after

I knew it from the start

one-w...

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a cough as dead leaves drop

detached with soft faint sigh

last breath of lonely martyrs

murmur of breeze in the sky

gravity's heavier as we age

ancient oaks sad blue eyes

saplings thrust like a lance

a loving that knows no lies

do remember me, I'm here,

did you forget I found you?

like a lost fawn, dappled in

shadowed glades and dew

scoured every ...

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never heard her weep out loud before

hard to believe she loves me so much

they called her in for this one last time

no kisses allowed or a hint of a touch

lonely years and empty days before that

vision of blue eyes and short red dress,

the night fate put me on the right path

ending years of drift and its futile mess

takes a lot to kill love but I did my best

pu...

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not many there today to see him go

curtain opens up and away he slides

soon its back to scissors and comb

my specialty is short back and sides

increasingly I'm tempted by necks

a cut-throat razor in my right hand

so vulnerable with arteries bulging

I cannot expect you to understand

yet I'm no modern sweeney todd

its doing the embalming at night

the danger of...

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in my soul she dances on,

tuned to a polka her feet,

swish of expensive velvet

big teeth white and neat

dance band chords echo

wind and brass combine

but can't erase the stink

of spilt burnt turpentine

smoke up my nostrils

provoked by her deeds

loung lizards basking

careless of my needs

tunes one after another

standards she'd adored

at her f...

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years brimmed with men

their feats litter the years

lovers made me cry, life

not whole without tears

sprinkles of teardrop joy

tears of pleasure or woe

better than bland smiles,

tears with no place to go

tears springing universal

weeping tourists glisten

covering a million miles

for a man that will listen

each tear a badge of love

a validation ...

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strange things go through my head

my mind has been to distant places

days merge blindly into each other

lately I've lost a memory for faces

just how long have I been in here?

unlike my head my cock still works

wild fears roam like buffalo and yet

in my pants an untamed tiger lurks

the matron omits to cater for that

they seem past it most of my peers

yet my r...

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I'm a believer in change

variety the spice of life

sex a classic example

my contortions are rife

dog-eared my manual

illustrations now faded

after years of practice

I'm still not too jaded

girls get the benefits

novelties they enjoy

nocturnal gymnastics

with an original boy

yet some do quibble

my antics not enough

not eager to trapeze

in ...

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amid starlight she reposes

my life's in her lizard face

that library of dusty looks

records my fall from grace

she took the best from me

sucking me dry every day

each wrinkle taunting me

dry pointers to my decay

I pray she does not wake

no pity runs in my veins

but violation at the sight

of what sleep she feigns

she's a monument to loss

contami...

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she seemed like the genuine article

the woman I could love and respect

far from my previous experiences

which were what you might expect

I was a roamer and a schemer

bouncing off women like a ball

on a speedway of hit and miss

love was not on the radar at all

at first glance she was different

quality in the areas that matter

but with a je ne sais quois that

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arches and keystone

without one they fall

life sustained by you

or I had nothing at all

skies at time of damp

arch of hues on show

feast with brittle rays

grist for my rainbow

refraction bends light

you twisted my heart

with love's pot of gold

vowed we'd not part

rainbow but an illusion

your promise the same

capricious the crescent

not ho...

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you wanted it so I went on the scent,

you said it made you feel like a queen,

Christmas at that Knightsbridge store,

most expensive emporium I'd ever seen

perfume is fine when embellished by love,

every atom of the odour a tender reminder 

of loving moments with your chosen one

with whom you couldn't wish to be kinder

it's when the passion cools and she waltzes o...

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her smile came so easily

before I could even blink,

she made my heart race

brought me to the brink

dress slipped off so easily

mysore silk of jade green,

the body of a svelte and

molten Myanmar queen

her love given so easily

from a brimming chalice,

no passion ever rivalled

what oozed from Alice

slipped away so easily

with barely a mumur,

pe...

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conceived in a cellar, of

a Tommy home on leave,

mother waving mistletoe,

shortly she would grieve

official dad inert upstairs

exempt due to his arches,

Tommy back to trenches

bullets or forced marches

killed in action in the mud

in my blood's a war hero,

official dad a profiteer,

moral fibre less than zero

the duality in mistletoe,

fertile of ...

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we all have bits a tad imperfect,

(dark specs hide my killer squint)

other embarassments of mine

so many they're not fit to print

Beverley liked to hum during sex,,

she kept goats and preferred oral,

tight bandages on both big toes,

her orgasms were strictly choral

middle-aged smoke screens hide

natural signs of wear and tear,

I left Sue's bewigged head alon...

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marching years wear

furrows in our faces,

pits and wan hollows

no denying the traces

our faces look like hell

wrinkles so eerily bold

yet our hearts are kids

that'll never grow old

your skin was like honey

hair smoother than silk

hands, soft and tender

shoulders white as milk

honey and silk no more,

hands crabbed and bent,

shoulders thin and...

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She was like a breath of fresh air

Outspoken and straight as a die,

Her honesty was almost painful

Often it would make you cry

No hint of vagueness or deceit

Double meanings gone for good

Weasel words shown the door

With her I knew where I stood

Prevarications were not for her

She would let on the reason why

She never beat about the bush

She came true fro...

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Flo and Rose were lovers

they ran a florists' shop,

buds and lilies binding

a love they'd never lop

then Rose met a driver

new emotions but true,

she left Lily cut deeply

and eloped off to Kew

sick to death of flowers

Lily pined, got sick, died,

specified in her last will

no wreaths grave-side

her plot's tidy but bare

no blooms for her woes,

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I loved that soft pillow's

Safe cradle for my head

Nothing could hurt me

Protected from dread

After my parents died

Auntie took on my care

Left behind my pillow

More than I could bear

Never forgot that pillow

Not ever to be replaced

One of the traumas my

Troubled life has faced

Each of my later pillows

Joined a joyless queue

Until I shared y...

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Never mind that romantic tosh

Love is nothing but a machine

Ignition is always the easy bit

It's not so easy to keep it clean

Spark plugs and pistons age

As we ride in country scenery

Remember water and tyres, but

Above all, oiling my machinery

Cylinders and connecting rods

Insist upon repeated lubrication

Keep handy your four-stroke oil

Available at the ...

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The book lies closed now

Gathering dust on a shelf

I look, but do not touch

That reminder of yourself

Better to imagine our life

Dream of better times

Envisage your lovely face

Hum your happy rhymes

Shady bluebells in spring

Red leaves in November

Bonfires and sparklers

The chapters I remember

More novella than novel

Not near enough pages

A ...

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It boded well in summer

Blue skies and endless sun

When love adds sheen to

Bright days of endless fun

Seasons change like people

Happiness replaced by pain

Dark skies hiding sunshine

Love left rusting in the rain

Whispers like soft breezes

Promises of undying bonds

Magic painting hot dry air

Like fairies waving wands

Easy to envisage our bliss

...

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A threshold's always looming

That shifting balance of power

What starts off in life as love

Brings me to bend and cower

Its the woes of needy lovers

A world of yearning and pain

Wondering will she like me,

When shall I see her again?

I start off so firm and resolute

Dont repeat mistakes of old

This time it will be different

She'll do just as she is told

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It's so easy to say you love me

But what do you mean by love?

Is it something you see in me,

Or a spirit falling from above?

You say I'm merely a nit-picker

Analysing everything to death

Yet I must be quite sure of you

To own your very last breath

Love is simply a word to others

So glibly pronounced for effect

But I dont want to fall for you

Only for you ...

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Life in the shade was good

Your fame left me aglow

Finding you loved another

Dealt my ego a heavy blow

I thought love was exclusive

Deceit turned me to a saddo

No more your sole princess

Shade darkening to shadow

Now shade enfolds my rival

She enjoys your reputation

Seeking not the limelight

Knowing what is her station

Maybe I wanted too much

E...

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Oh, then we were inseparable

Nothing could keep us apart

Nights and days we revelled

We shared one loving heart

She's gone now, taken so quick

I watch in vain for some trace

But her spirit refuses to emerge

Only the shadow of her face

Its like her soul never existed

A mirage from the day we met

Did I dream the words of love

That entrapped me in her net?

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We were full of ourselves in those days

Life was a treasurehouse of pleasure

We had our fill of the world's offerings

And took its ripened fruit at our leisure

Rain doesn't matter now you're gone

Nothing seems important anymore

We madly moaned about the weather

The God-given gale onto the shore

But our love took it all for granted

Selfishness was the order of t...

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if beauty is the keystone of women

from Cleopatra to Helen of Troy

you beat them into a cocked hat

the way yours generates such joy

its just a miracle of modern science

how every feature fits hand in glove

like rainbows and stars combined

in that ineffable look of you in love

you were always out in the front rank

from those early days of teenage bloom

but wh...

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Things had stalled then tapered off

For Bill and Gwen had reached the stage

Where sex is what other people do

When love has turned its final page

Salad days gone and keen to downsize

They found a bungalow, cheap they said,

It had leaky flashing and woodworm

Above all, a full-length gilt mirror over the bed

That first night under a wrinkled reflection

As the pai...

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Humanity's gone into hibernation

Our focus has shifted to survival

Coronavirus has a bright side

We've changed since its arrival

Mortal danger pushed us together

New-found solidarity is a boon

Survivors will emerge stronger

Dont self-pity or despair too soon

Love can prevail over evil

But humility must come into its own

The era of complacency is over

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