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Joe in Hell
I really dislike you Joe You are no oil painting yourself Maureen You have ruined Josie’s life Have I You are illegal So are you Stop bickering you two I have met people like you before Fat women who are angry with the world They have nothing going for them I have a great degree […]
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All Passengers Gone
I do not often weep But I did when The heritage railway Left Cliffmere Avon It had been A part of my life Since I was small The landslip at Chalk Red Was the final straw As the repair costs Were out of reach Many schemes were sounded But all failed and the engines Left […]
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Lido
It was a very hot day in the city And people were flocking to the lido I swam there frequently on warm days With my wife and her best friend But today we had decided just to soak up the rays And stretched out in the grassed area To the right of the main entrance […]
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The Small Sea
Overnight a small sea has formed In front of my apartment It was not there when I retired It stretches as far as the railway station The trains although running on time Are floating by at the end of my garden Leap leap this is a matter of trust Boo is lucid again or at […]
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The Strange Tales of Hamilton and Grace
You love your Black Angel You Do You Do Be True Be True To your Little Boo Grace was injecting again Her eyes slowly closed She was travelling to a better place Hamilton was seen to be clean But this was not the case He was half clean And desperately Wanted to accompany Boo on […]
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Black Angel on Dope
Hamilton quietly closed his front door He was carrying a bunch of flowers Grace watched him cross the road The flowers were not for her She finished her coffee And entered their apartment Clémentine Delauney Within a few minutes all of his vinyl records Lay on the railway embankment They were worth hundreds of pounds […]
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The Tenderness of Wounded Animals
I live in a village whose main road Tends to be busy during working hours This is unfortunate for the creatures That also live in the village Many suffer severe injuries After being hit by cars I do my best to comfort them During their final hours And am struck by the tenderness Of their […]
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Railroad Crossing
There is a railroad crossing in Penn County It is in the shadow of Mount St Penn About a dozen trains in both directions Pass over this lonely and isolated crossing This crossing has never seen snow Despite its northerly location
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Our Visions of Atlantis
I am often accompanied By The Man from Chile And my German Host As we walk in the summer sea Our Visions of Atlantis Watches us from my coastal home She glides like a liquid porcelain From Room to Room Dressed as a Southern Belle
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To Die in Madrid
A few weeks ago it was reported That a woman of mature years Had rested on one of our coastal benches And had quietly passed away This saddened me greatly until I realised That she had died whilst looking at the sea I was almost jealous of her gentle passing As I intend to die […]