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Bleached Bland

softly she breathes

night coats her head

I wish I lay in a different bed

 

some women thrill

one look inflames

their kicks come from playing games

 

she's too banal

her lips lukewarm

the polar reverse of a sensual storm

 

no excitement

zero surprise

I know exactly what's behind those eyes

 

it's been one year

itchy my feet

not enough her being ...

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Heartfall

hanging there its waiting

each and every little part

dangling just on the edge

the avalanche in my heart

 

snow melted has frozen,

stones skitter on a rink,

quick to rip and tumble

before I can even think

 

waiting at a precipice

crawling ever nearer

my fate in your hands

kismet never clearer

 

further descent of snow

dead weight on icy rock

I can...

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SHELL SHOCK

The whistle blows to sound the charge

and over the top they bustle and barge,

covered from head to toe in mud

and soon tainted with flesh and blood.

 

Up the ladder with slippery rungs,

a scream of rage from terror filled lungs,

adrenalin coursing through every vein

with the fear of not coming back again.

 

Knee-deep mud sucking boots from feet,

tangled in barbed w...

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