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You Shine On Me
How special you are
To have laughter that infects
Bottomless: it goes on and on
How magic you are
To make every day an art
To make life come undone
To make the mundane fun
To perk up everyone
And spread a mood
Like waves until the whole scene
Becomes your sea
How special you are
To capture the heart
Of a wild beast that
Saw life as being free
To make th...
Wednesday 23rd April 2025 6:12 pm
I am not locked up, I am the lock.
I am keeping a secret with myself
for myself,
clutching it within like a bird’s claw,
the carrier pigeons have been shot,
guess I forgot to warn the men with rifles,
suppose it wasn’t a clay pigeon after all.
My mouth is a gold crested envelope,
my lips are licked with wax:
they are an inked kiss,
the pout is the stamp,
my mind is the scroll:
bound and bound,
re...
Tuesday 10th July 2018 2:23 pm
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