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Jingle Jangle
Jingle Jangle
Jingle jangle go the coins in my pocket
As they fall through the hole
Worn by austerity
Jangle jingle go the gems on the necklace
As they hang from the necks
Worn by the royals
Jingo jungle go the voices of the right
As they spew out their racist
War mongering rhetoric
Jingle jangle goes the freshly minted coin
With a royal on the front
A...
Tuesday 14th January 2020 4:09 pm
resolution
resolution
I don't do new year
there is a lot of noise here
none of it is mine
when the chimes kick in
auld lang syne hands are unlinked
as phones point skywards
cascading fireworks
fall on lost souls in doorways
where poverty lies
Wednesday 1st January 2020 2:41 pm
Resolution #9
Resolution #9
A cascade of sparks
exploding in the blackness
of a revellers sky
like bright tears.
Crying for the homeless
sat where the light
doesn’t fall,
under archways,
behind garages,
in cardboard boxes.
Damp and cold
while a flaming wheel
greets the crescent moon
as it circles.
A metaphor
of the turning year.
Out with the old and needy,
in with the bright young thin...
Thursday 1st January 2015 9:22 pm
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