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Coping

she'll still be here in ten years

our relationship but a crime

I will ony survive this trial if

I take it on one day at a time

 

philosophies come in guises

some aim at personal charm

other strive for success, or

the avoidance of self-harm

 

mine is to keep my head up

dont get agitated at her tics

ignore the tone of her voice

the jabs and yells and tricks

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Please Miss

chalk dust on her hands

game chants in her ears

thirty heads a-bobbing

eagerly innocent dears

 

think she's like them, no

thoughts but right now,

her minds miles away:

why am I a silly cow?

 

daily strives to impress

ambitious hectic whirr

one bloke after another

none were right for her

 

as usual on auto-pilot

teaching maths by rote

kids get on h...

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