Hayden
Portrait
by Hayden
The wind waves.
We have hello’s
And goodbyes.
We rest by the river,
Watching the boats
Glide over glass.
The boys never
Did well at school.
Everything is orange,
And we cannot know
If the sun is bleaching
The leaves, or if
The night washes
Away the colour
In melancholy
Shades of grey.
Women cough into
Handkerchiefs,
And the men try to
Remember the...
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Friday 5th August 2011 6:27 am
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Gnomes
by Hayden
And she was the empty-head,
Though she couldn't help it
She wasn't helping herself.
Eyes wide shut; a handbag
Of hand-me-downs and scratchcards,
Screaming at the day-in
Day-out grind.
The hallway was always
Clogged with junk,
The kitchen table tasted
Of tobacco.
And it would rain,
One day, and you'd
Sit there thinking
About all you'd lost,
E...
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Tuesday 19th July 2011 9:31 pm
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