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Thursday, June 11th, 2020
I am broken But I am breaking more Than I am broke Sometimes I am the breaker Stuck behind my flaws This silence I long to break To open the door But it broke At my stroke Hear my roar Apply the break A screech of C. SHARPE Sends shards of self On the floor […]
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Saturday, June 6th, 2020
How many words must I write to draw the path A path that maybe followed How many drops of ink to mark a phrase A phrase that sears to the bone How many scrapes and scratches Stains upon the page To show the story within the tale The tale inside the narrative Narrative that just […]
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Thursday, May 28th, 2020
I threw dark roses into the sea One for you and another for me The road we trod upon was hell Our destination? Well who can tell? Those roses they float upon the waves We’ll never sit easy in different graves Cos you and me is forever Time and death will never sever But that […]
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Thursday, May 21st, 2020
Memories catch on Puddle ducks and suirrally squirrals Bar lambs and piggy wigs All the floatsom of childhood Bobbing on the brain Tank engine in blue Fire trucks in red Building blocks in green Ducks of yellow – Dynastic citizens of the bath Dolls for the changing And mud pies for the baking All the […]
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Monday, May 11th, 2020
They are mud and grass and sunset skies, dull with fatigue though often bright with tears, they darken at memories and lighten with laughter. Fleck speckles break the radial lines, the iris is distorted by lens and through the eye glasses, thick and cumbersome. Oval pupils subtly not cat slits.
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Monday, April 27th, 2020
The Boggle Bog was a monstrous log that lived in the swamps of Forgetme Knot Large and brown covered with lichen down to hide him in the swamps of Forgetme Knott With teeth of pinecone he was apt to roam Within the swamps of Forgetme Knott He would wait for strangers but hide from the […]
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Friday, April 17th, 2020
I’ve been awondering a wondering a wondering For a long time now A wondering what you see in me Ever since you said to me Lets go for a drink or three I’ve been a wondering a wondering a wondering for a long time now A wondering how you put up with me Everytime I […]
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Saturday, April 11th, 2020
Maurice the musical mechanical mouse Lives in a wonderful little house The chimney is made of a silver flute And when the wind blows it will toot The well is a cymble above a drum When you turn the handle it goes Pa ra pa pa rum Maurice the musical mechanical mouse’s wonderful little house […]
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Tuesday, April 7th, 2020
Gaming boring boardgames Gambling gumdrops Frittering our free time Singing to the tots! Theme tunes With plushy amime heros Knitting alien head gear Making cosplay With spaceship cookies Daftpunk dreams
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Friday, March 27th, 2020
The dead teacher hung from the rafters A distended face locked in agonising turn Students gaze glassy eyed uncomprehending As they return to a parody of education With all facts ripped from within The police office was garrotted Lycra tights of the sex worker cutting into a thick neck that was stuck out Trying to […]
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