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I am trying to be a lotus for the millenniu’nth time
I sit and try and be a lotus / after killing the third fly of the evening / with a pocket book of recipes and a
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Oct 17, 2016
LOSING TEACHERS TO A MUG CALLED MIKE
Along with the last moment to complete any homework, / one was instructed to etch name, number and form / upon the tag that lurked within the rim of each new polo shirt,
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Jun 14, 2016
THE GUARDIAN SATURDAY POEM
Were we not once love stood in abbey shadow and sun, / were we not once lovers at the top of bowling alleys / holding, having fun?
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May 10, 2016
the boy from U.N.C.L.E
Determined to have left by half-eight, / cats fed and plates away, / they were late.
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Apr 26, 2016
naps owe me eyes open
She clung to his waist as if the last fisherman pitched around a lake. / She was not gonna let go until evening / fell,
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Apr 12, 2016
SKY RIGHT OF TRAGEDY
I dreamt of travel disruption last night / and haven’t woken up since; know that though, / a whole ****** of crows hidden along
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Mar 22, 2016
we were two on the path dutifully improvised
A fortnight ago an Algerian masseuse anointed each note of my joints, / spread thumbed cursive over my shoulders and / back around to my chest;
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Mar 21, 2016
#PANCAKEDAY
One day our spines’ll tesselate under sage soft duvets as storms sweep across us and no one will cry; / not one noise shall slip from tongues / ‘cos strength comes from keeping quiet
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Feb 28, 2016
BABY STEPS
Take your ******* fedora off you are not a Jones. / Kid, leave the captain's hat on, gods know you're going it need now, / those waves are knee dip and those rip-tides drag:
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May 17, 2015
YOGURT FOR A HEART
Somebody put Kylie Minogue on / from the wall mounted touchscreen one-pound-a-go jukebox- / Coldplay would've been better, but I should be so lucky-
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May 1, 2015
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