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Fermat’s Last Theorem
Why is it that when you are in the bath the gasman calls to read the meter And expects entry even though you are naked save for a small towel Why is it that when you are in the bath your brother walks in As you have neglected to lock the door with care and pretends […]
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Essay Frida or My Sleeping Wife
I have images of Frida all around my house She appears on my cushions and on my cups And is instantly recognisable Which is not a bad thing at all But in my bedroom I have a painting on the wall By Artemisia Gentileschi In which she portrays herself This work is totally ignored by […]
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Miniature Plays
I had a choice of six plays Each was on a separate stage In miniature How does your garden grow
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Jane Meet Me in Hanoi
Jane this is my last message to you before I leave Do not follow me as I am in a great deal of trouble Jane remember the river is blue and nothing else If I reach Hanoi I will be safe Then I will send for you Remember Blue Then I will send for you […]
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Blue Piano in a River
From my bourgeois balcony I can see a blue piano In the middle of the river It hardly interrupts its flow Being a celebration of the all the dead The lonely suicides and those Who have drowned through No fault of their own Occasionally this piano is played By those who remember these tragedies But […]
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Independent Ships
About a third of the ships that pass this lighthouse are independently owned I admire their courage in these difficult times Why do you wear shaded glasses Marek Because my eyes are weak They were damaged as I hid in the city sewers during the war I did not see daylight for weeks on end […]
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Beach
Christ died on this beach I admired the honesty of the angels As I was not aware of this fact The later told me that his cross Could still be seen on the sands There was also a white anchor painted On its damp wood which had refused to fade Despite the continuous attentions […]
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The Life of Jesus
I am not the Anti-Christ You should never Think that of me No matter how much you hate me I do not hate or despise you Charles I just feel sorry for you You are trapped in a world That does not exist Reality means little or nothing to you Then why do […]
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The Life of Albert Camus
Camus once spoke about the absurdity of being killed in a car crash I think that he should have added that it would be just as absurd To die of a smoking related disease after too many cigarettes Or to drink oneself to death in middle age Ophelia smiled at me but averted her gaze […]
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1871
My father once told me That we are nearer to war Than we would like to consider