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Kicking and Screaming
The clowns and the madmen are led away,
Kicking and screaming, kicking and screaming.
The brand-new Bentley is brought out to play,
Factory-gleaming, factory gleaming.
The streets are swept free of the dust and muck,
Spit-clean and polished, spit-clean and polished;
Around lies the city’s ardour and luck,
Smashed and abolished, smashed and abolished.
As simpering rules...
Monday 26th August 2024 8:21 am
Diffcult Feelings
Feelings are
Pent up
Held in
Confined
You feel
Uneasy
Unsettled
And wish
Refined
Come the moment
They are released
Or remain contained
More so repressed
All that matters is
You feel relief
No more pain
Thursday 25th January 2018 1:03 pm
Do you
Do you have colour in your cheeks?
Do you go to sleep remembering what you seek?
Do you recall what it was like to be corporeal,
or does it not feel like that at all?
Do you wake to find your pillow wet at night?
Do you see the wolves congregating under moonlight,
and howl at your own stupidity for staying inside?
Do you stare at the files on your desk each weekday
listless...
Sunday 6th March 2016 6:48 pm
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