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10 Burton Street
I grew very fond of your pale blue ceiling During our time together I would watch the traffic shadows Move playfully window to window to and fro Without fail you always pissed After we had made love I loved seeing your pale bottom Disappear into the en suite These are now just memories As you […]
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Pete to Joe
Mate I doubt if you have heard about this But the other day Somebody shone a message onto Big Ben Which depending on your views Was offensive to some people I did not really give a fuck But if I did the self same thing And shared my true feelings About the decay of our […]
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Letter from Martha
Women love more deeply than men Joe What do you mean by that Exactly what I am saying Men love of course they do But many are possessive They dress you as their mannequin An attractive girl boosts their ego I have really loved some men But is has never worked out I blamed myself […]
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England My England
I lost my grandmother During the Hull Blitz Many families Suffered similar losses But did they sit around Feeling sorry for themselves No even though wounded and tired They all pulled together And the circle was soon repaired
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Thompson
Thompson once said to me That there are more stupid people Than wise people in this world Thompson once said to me That stupid people are invisible Whereas the wise shine like stars
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Silence
Let silence be the art you practice When in a forest what do you hear
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winter moon
a silver moon reflected in a puddle a turning wind warns
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Sings in French
My Japanese girlfriend Often sings in French When we visit Lima
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A Day Without Clothes
We spent today without clothes It was an ordinary day We both went to work Met up in the park at lunchtime And then again at five thirty Malcolm took me to dinner In a pub near the railway station As we waited for clothes train My flatmate had been Visiting her sick aunt In […]
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A City of One Night Stands
They enter the front door as virgins And leave the back door as whores I heard this line either in a church Or was it from a long forgotten movie All cities are the cities of one night stands You meet you drink you fuck you leave I love the absurdity of this poem And […]