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The Luminosity of my Talent
Marcel Pagnol made his final movie in 1954 […]
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Sky Boxers
I lay at leisure in my warm bed And watch the bouts take place in the night sky These fights only take place when the conditions are right And are more frequent in late December A fog bank partially covered the town of Deal during the night of the 27th December 2019
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The Cafe at the End of the World
The Christmas lights have been extinguished As have those of the gaming machine The year is nearing its end Its pulse is now quite faint The new year is nearing this port But has yet to arrive
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The Dreamer Awake
Due to a childhood condition I often lapse into short periods of sleep My eyes remain open But they hide my startling dreams Today I dreamt of five neon poets At liberty in a departmental store
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Lagos Sister
I would like to think that I taught you everything you know But that is false as you have taught me so much more Stay with me Lagos Sister Through these slow and savage nights
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Betty Cameron
Whilst travelling through space Betty Cameron changed her name From Betty Cameron to Betty Cameron Betty is a member of a travelling circus Whilst I am an lowly itinerant worker named Joe
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Juliet
Juliet read stories to the assembled children from behind the barbed wire […]
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Lake Lands
You have an adorable habit of taking your shirt off And dancing topless in the fading light of the day You call this your Lake Lands and your dances Can last for between five and fifteen minutes When I ask you why you do it you tell me that there is no answer Yet I […]
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Under the White Sun
The path that led to the beach and the thin sea trees with their crimson flowers […]
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Low Blood
I am the youngest daughter of the Virgin And am currently planting both branches and twigs Into the dry soil of my Fathers house I do this so that my children may grow Surrounded by the small memories of my childhood