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Why I Loved America
From the blues came rock & roll
Music to fill an empty soul
Teens watched movies in their cars
Dean & Brando, immortal stars
They sent men up to the moon!
Whilst Disney conjured magical cartoons
Little ol’ Blighty, seemed so dull
In shadow of America's neon pull
A place to be who you wanted to be
A land of true democracy
Like a big brother standing tall
To pr...
Wednesday 14th May 2025 10:39 pm
Land of the free?
Through a gape in the curtains
A shard of morning light
slices my bloated belly in two
How ironic, I think
A body divided
The inner, unwanted
The outer, a pathetic addict
And they tell me
MY baby will be born a junkie
Assuming it doesn't O.D.
inside its little toxic den first…
There's dust motes twinkling
in the shard's overflow:
Dead skin can...
Tuesday 10th January 2023 5:56 pm
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