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Crunch

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Her in reception, he service,

main dealer life

brings solid living.


Long held dream redeemed.

Honeysuckle cottage,

rose bed rich.


Goodbye dismal council flat,

parent pride

drives moving van.


Loving effort, mighty loan

freshly fitted

lovely home.


Credit died and dealer crashed,

tear stain faces

bailiff's knock.


Dismal, dreary council flat.

Parents, disappointment hid,

bring furnishing.

◄ Redundant

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Malpoet

Sat 31st Jan 2009 11:04

Thanks Pete

I usually feel that I have left too many words in and I feel that about this one. It doesn't seem finished to me.

As people are always saying, poets have their own 'voice'. I love your style which I could not see fitting into my terse kind of approach to the few subjects that I treat at all seriously.

Humour seems to require more words. You always manage to bring tenderness, readily understandable human feelings and sometimes strong passions to what would otherwise be mundane. Like shopping or kebabs or whatever. That is a real talent. Apart from your lovely delivery of course.

Pete Crompton

Sat 31st Jan 2009 00:40

love it.
i try and write this gritty stuff but end up overblowing it, the minimal ah the minimal

I like the 'trainspotting' feel of this.

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