Dogs are howling in my face

Cats cry out their sad refrain

And the cosy warm fire chants are broken

Sold on down the street by every prevailing

Wind of fashion and far off passion

As she grows and crows that it is so unfair

And that I don’t know what it’s like

Except I do and I am tired of trying

To hold on to the silence in my head

Instead of wanting to throw it awa...

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There is something rather special about Dad’s

Or at least there was about mine

Forever the comedian in that special dad way

Someone who would say to me your hair looks like

A spider’s lounge come here or you look like you

Have been dragged through a hedge backwards  

The D.I.Y. aficionado who could almost turn out anything

From a few pieces of wood

I was never allowed to ...

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The bar keep lines up the drinks

Glasses filled throughout the night

The regulars smile and chuckle

Nudging each other sharing a joke

Ignoring the boy at the end of the bar

Pouring his sorrow in to a glass

His lips move silently conversing

With his silent invisible friend

Convinced the death of love has come his way at last

He sees nobody else and nobody sees him

Hi...

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She leans down brushing her hair

Across my cheek

I feel the warmth of her breath

Her brown eyes flash and

A smile breaks over her face

As she asks whether I am alright

I swallow hard and manage a yes

The death of dark days pass

As I realise that she is there

In the moment

I feel life surge through my body

My brain acknowledges the light

And the fight is over

...

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Anticipation crowds and rushes into my throat

All hope of meeting the one

Somewhere between here and there

As I casually watch the lights flash and blaze

From the backs of terrace houses

Crowded one upon another

In the half- light before the darkness soaks up

All that was

Before the train finally stops and I enter into the

City of cabs cars and shuttered shops

Passi...

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The days that I have been fighting for so long

Have finally come to a halt

A hot baited breathing breath beats round my neck

Made up of heavy wheezing pauses

And a middle c irritating cough

Unwieldy and often interrupting my thoughts

So, I sit with contemplation on my chest

A coffee in my hand as black as tar

And a breeze around my ears

A long-ago burnt-out lipstick kis...

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Every time you speak another

Pocket full of secrets spills out over others

And they are left there on their own clutching these secrets

Like they are holding on to jelly that may slip away

Falling into somebody else’s lap

And the stain that was contained has

Been passed on one to another

Touching all and any without restraint

And the secret that had no title

Has beco...

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I am standing on this corner

With two coffees hoping she will turn up

The girl I finally asked out

The one I finally managed to speak to

Say hi do you fancy grabbing a coffee sometime

I am wondering whether she will Still

Be the same girl as yesterday

The one with spring in her eyes

And summer in her hair

Will she notice the stains on my coat

And the stutter on my lip...

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