Nicky Longthorne

Biography

Nicky Longthorne is a Phoenix forced to rise from the ashes of his former self. A poetic story-telling northern bloke, often sharing the darkest of truths to allow light to shine through. https://www.facebook.com/nicky.longthorne https://www.instagram.com/nickylongthorne/

Samples

One Last Cigarette And Endless Cups Of Tea Let's have another cigarette and one last cup of tea the words exchanged in early hours between us so frequently talking, planning, shedding tears we put the world to rights dark humour often present to get us through those nights we joked selecting bad taste songs to play at your cremation the only way we could ensure we had that conversation no subject was ever taboo releasing thoughts from head you said it was important 'cause you'd be a long time dead delighted that we shared that view it eased us through that time being there for you when needed. The privilege was mine. Inhumane Treatment For The Sake Of Existence If you were a dog we'd have put you to sleep before the loss of memory and dragging of feet before the confusion and constant frustration haunted by the knowledge your life would be taken the jumbled speech and declining sight the fears that kept you up at night the lack of food going into your system the morphine drip and doctors inspections the saddened look tired with the existence we watched as you suffered trapped in cancerous prison we listened as you asked with exhausted lack of amusement to end your life at the time of your choosing.

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