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BLINDFOLD

BLINDFOLD.

 

Hips

Locked and loaded.

Lips,

Ruby red, and swollen

In anticipation

Imagination overload

Blindfolded, at the crossroads

Of desire.

Passion’s fire burning

Twisting, turning

Sensory deception

Sensual perception

Taste, feel

Smell

It’s real

But you mustn’t see

You must simply be

As your body shakes

Your muscles aching

Anticipa...

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COMING HOME

COMING HOME.

 

Brothers in arms

Brothers in death

Brothers forever

Until their last breath

Believing the lies

They believed the prize

Would be freedom.

They believed it was right,

It was right to fight for freedom.

But it was hard to be true

When the bullets flew

And shells exploded their dreams

Man to man and trench to trench

They couldn’t avoid th...

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THE BUTTERFLY

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SCREAMING SHELLS

SCREAMING SHELLS.

 

Screaming shells

A sea of mud

A living hell

Where the good died young

The stench of death forever hung

Over trenches

Filled with broken men

With sightless eyes

Who remember when

The sun shone,

And birds soared

Now freedom’s gone

And cannons roar.

The sky rains death.

Mustard gas

Steals every breath.

Lungs burning

From the...

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MULTI-COLOURED CHANGE

MUTI-COLOURED CHANGE.

 

Well now, maybe I’ll tell now some of my story

No glory here though

I was a fifty’s baby. A lucky baby maybe

Some would say when everything was grey

I was born to it

When you wore a suit  to go for a shit

As long as it was grey, or black

Looking back it would seem I was part of

Conceived at the start of

A changing, rearranging youth.

The ...

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MULTI-COLOURED CHANGE

MUTI-COLOURED CHANGE.

 

Well now, maybe I’ll tell now some of my story

No glory here though

I was a fifty’s baby. A lucky baby maybe

Some would say when everything was grey

I was born to it

When you wore a suit  to go for a shit

As long as it was grey, or black

Looking back it would seem I was part of

Conceived at the start of

A changing, rearranging youth.

The ...

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SHAME

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SHAME

~~SHAME.

A bare light bulb burning
An ancient vinyl churning
Out a long forgotten tune.
A love song crackling in the gloom.
A cum stained mattress strewn
Across the floor
Waiting for the flaking bedroom door
To swing
And bring
The next abuser
Of her morals
There are no laurels,
Only losers here.
She has a need
A need to feed her habit
With eyes like a frightened rabbit
Caught in...

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CHASING DRAGONS

CHASING DRAGONS.

Fell off the wagon
Chasing dragons
Smoking crack
There’s no going back,
Henry says.
Blurred,
Furred over days
Spent in misty rooms
Filled with acrid
Skunk fuelled fumes
Of heady dreams
Thicker it seems
Than blood
It isn’t a dream
When the needle slides
Under the skin
Where the demons hide
Leaving a red spot
A tiny dot
Of pleasure
And you nod your head
Your ...

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A STRANGER CALLS

A STRANGER CALLS

No one sees me
Standing there?
A blur?
A stranger
Soft focussed.
I am a traveller,
Non-plussed
By my surroundings.
How can it be
That no one sees
The benefits I bring?
I am the keeper of the past
I am the foundation
On which we build
A future filled with hope,
With light
A light bright enough
To show the way
Hope enough to say
“My future’s safe”
“I will not ...

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