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PLOT 2 (the allotment)
Down at the bottom of the allotment
Just in front of the tall trees
Is a magical little world
Of butterflies flowers and bees
A green house a shed a Japanese arch
Vegetables nurtured and seeds sown in march
Broad beans and beetroot and straw-berries too
Recycled decor some old and some new
Life size scarecrow hand made fish pond
Hand crafted bird bath creative and bey...
Wednesday 4th May 2022 4:14 am
Strange Fruit
Strange Fruit
“what is beautiful?”
asks Eliza
for she thinks
that she is not
because they tell her
she is not
“why are they hurtful?”
as if the outside
somehow sullies
what is inside
and insinuates the sour
to what is sweet
“why do they ridicule?”
the size the shape
the roughness of my skin
the growths
the fact my spine
Is out of...
Monday 4th June 2018 12:36 pm
Funny Onion
This onion could make any
man, woman or child cry...
but not with malcontent maliciousness.
No, tears of joy and laughter
bellow like church bells or sumo gongs
from the eyes of his audience.
He is without arms or legs,
he's carried on stage
whilst carrying the audience
on his shoulders... if he had any.
...Tuesday 7th June 2011 11:16 pm
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