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  February 2022     1 year ago

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And so

Back upstairs and living the lie.
It sings in silence, hidden in sight.
I write this as sounds of fun
Leave me broken for what I’ve done.

I know she knows, we know the truth.
But, nothing said, it’s like a roof
That covers loss and sad...

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Piss Artist

A room of knowns and unknowns, of sound,
Talk, chat, music, a covering of quiet desperation.
People alone and people together.
Empty chairs, empty table, chairs filled and tables attended.

Occasional braying, humour it seems,
Bursts like...

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Moving On

Why's TV so full of shit?
It's not like I don't pay for it,
Phil n Holly, Ant n Dec
As if I give a flyin' feck!

Grand Designs ‘n’ Garden Rescue?
Piss right off is all I ask you,
Kirstie, Philip, Charlie Dimmock
Sod you all, you bunch of...

– by Chris Nelson

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Wishful Thinking

Wishful Thinking

If I’m born again, what might I be?
A mouse, a dog, a fish, a tree?
Perhaps a whale, blow-hole bellowing,
Or a damsel-fly in autumn, mellowing.

I might come back a snuffling pig,
Truffle-hunting, dreaming big.
Or then...

– by Christian Nelson

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Still life

Snow falling softly,
Opaquely, ice butterfly
Wings elevating...

– by Christian Nelson

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added 2 years ago
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