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Flat-lining
I lie here robbed of sense and breath
A mannequin whose husk-like shell
Awaits the flat-line call of death,
The mirror clear of living’s spell.
The curtain drawn around in haste
To cover what might shock again
A heart-beat from my breathless waste,
Restore each whispered, thinking pain.
One bends to listen to the croak read more »
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Evolution
The Park and the Mill
Show kiosk stripe of butchers’ apron inprisons the master
Punch swings ,Judy ducks ,Policemans’ whistle blows
Twists of candyfloss and icecreams reflect clouds coiled
While children mesmerised lizard like lick
A bandstand waits for Sunday blessing
Severe the magistrate a cotton mill peers down the hill its’ pulpit
Where once children bare foot twisted and spun
Toy clockworks wound rewound controlled cajoled.
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Poetry Stream
open window
im so tired
my eyes are closing
but this damn wind feels so fine
its stroking my hair
my tilted face
sitting in the dark
on the deck in the
chair
alone and okay
ringing
the little chimes
ring
the squirell waterwheel
spinning
water gurgling
yah its plugged in even
at night
i can hear it
i can feel
it the peace
it all brings me
stretch out my long tired
legs in this old lawn chair
traffic sounds miles away
downtown
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Fire
There’s a man at the bus stop
He’s burning
warped by the curls of the fumes
He coughs
Expelling an ink black smoke
Everyone around him sidles away
He looks at his watch
The seconds ticking by
Towards the inevitable
He’s rasping now
Face blackened
Eyes popping
Swaying on the axis the chair
Searching for someone to help
Their eyes turn down
Blind to he grotesque
Play in front of them
The light brown hair of his scalp
Drying and curling
Skin read more »
Beached
I know how it feels to be the second man on the moon,
I heard her sigh quietly, the moment I came to soon.
I bought the suit the reduced the next day in the sale,
And from a shelf full of fresh baked confectionary, I bought the cake that was stale.
And in the race of the hare and the tortoise, I was the snail,
And a week on the beach is just peachy unless your a whale.
It’s a one to one shoot out,
But I have the sun in my eyes.
We search for a hero to guide us
but some how we’re blind.
It takes an hour to walk home, read more »
The Love Life of Percival Lowell
From faith and family Irva feared to stray,
So that relationship did not quite burgeon;
Then he let charming Edith get away,
In part because she was not quite a virgin.
Miss Erna chased him not quite hard enough:
His amorous response, in his own phrase,
Was "incomplete." (‘Tis but of late there’s stuff
To help an aging man with that malaise.)
Meanwhile, his secretary made long strife
With Constance Keith for Percy; and their war
Continued after Constance was his wife,
And even after Percy was no more. read more »
No Houdini
Locked in a straight jacket
Struggling to break free
I have no escape route
No magicians key
Bound by the trappings
Of life’s locks and chains
On the verge of breaking
Trying to stay sane
I’ll lie here inert
Maybe stillness is the key
Perhaps someone will come
To break these chains and set me free
I have no clever way out
For I am no Houdini
I have no great illusions
I’m right here ,why can’t you see me?
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I cry
I cry
and I cry
and I cry.
The tears keep running down my face
I’m not sure why
I lost my job, my glasses and my wallet
that’s not enough reason for a man to cry.
It gives me time for my work
and yours.
I realised,
my rage and resentment
is against corporate cocks
who rule our lives
without a thought
for our future,
or our children’s future.
Fight, fight
against the dieing of life.
I cry read more »
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