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Rush Hour

09.03.20

It's in these moments of haste 
That I find solitude 
With a mind so busy 
This is the time to stop and be still 

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She volunteered at the hospice,

They'd seen off her old man fine

Daytimes she was a lollipop lady

Keeping kids safe with her sign

 

Then she took ill, her sight went

Gradually the kids put in peril,

A brain tumour behind her eyes

Still the kids relied on old Beryl

 

Sadly she gave up the hospice

Painkillers made her too weary

The kids noticed she was tired

Ge...

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I sat in lines

At biting point

Biting my lip

Then gave it up

Put my lip balm

And the hand brake on.

 

Staring out I

Swam away

From all-combusting

Fits of flames

I, treading thoughts

'Til the tide changed.

 

Then snorting fumes

I blew away

Flew queue jumps

Flipped bird parades

'Til stung by horns

I thudded down

 

And sauntered on

To ...

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Is It To Annoy?.....

Is it to annoy do you think?

Cos it’s enough to drive you to the brink

Of hopelessness and frustration

Tailbacks and queues

Car horns and fumes

Polluted air

 Mingled with

Feelings of despair

Another temporary traffic light

As landed on the streets of planet Earth

 

Can’t concentrate

How long does it take?

To travel a quarter of a mile

Two ...

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