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I Nearly Need

Don’t

Think

Don’t

Care

Don’t

Want to

No need

 

Don’t

Have to

Don’t

Dare

No need

 

No

Difference

To me

What Year

Month

Day

Hour

 

So why

Do I

Have to

Wait a

Minute

Or two?

For

Breakfast

Lunch

And

A fucking

Cup of 

Tea

 

Nearly

Nothing

I need

 

A bed

In

A room

Under

A roof

 

And a

Page

Ripped

From my

Bible

 

Rolled

With my

Old Virginia

Licked

Sealed

And 

Gently

Smoked

 

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Comments

Lynn Hamilton

Sat 21st Nov 2015 18:39

Thanks for all your comments on this one. Much appreciated. xxx

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Cynthia Buell Thomas

Fri 20th Nov 2015 11:43

This is really good in content, and the 'scroll-roll' presentation is brilliant, whether 'biblical', or mocking a cigarette roll-up, or both. Your content is always very interesting. I do think 'NEARLY nothing' is a huge point of honesty, even in a rant-type work like this; the writer is still clearly anchored in reality, that nasty unpoetical word. But it makes the whole poem more relate-able to the reader, more universal.

So, IMO, the title is superb, pointing directly to your main point. I enjoy your work very much.

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Martin Elder

Fri 20th Nov 2015 08:53

You have definitely found a niche with this kind of delivery Lynn. There is a real lyrical quality to this one in particular.
Fab

Lynn Hamilton

Thu 19th Nov 2015 22:31

Thank you Mr P LG for reading and commenting

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Patricio LG

Thu 19th Nov 2015 21:05

We all have strong values that are surprisingly weakened by the idea of a cup of tea and a cigarette lol

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