dave-gledhillWhisper

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An EducationThe pen, they say, is mightier, / but is it keener than a knife? / This brittle blade of insolence,
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Jul 13, 2015
Born to Excel - A HaikuWork is a prison / filled with white spreadsheet walls / and blank, empty cells
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Dec 17, 2013
BoundThe eagle searches, circling, senses strum like spider silk. / Sorrow’s scent slides up on a sea breeze. / A solitary slave spits sullenly into the spray.
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Aug 30, 2018
ClassroomRegister recap, / All perfect plans, in theory, / Hey! Put that kid down!
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Jun 26, 2014
DerailedOh God, how are you still talking? / I can feel myself nodding, / head bouncing like a metronome,
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Apr 22, 2012
Do Not Adjust Your SetTurn on the TV and switch off your brain, / tune into Jezza as you fade out the shame, / point at his cattle, and laugh at their pain,
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Mar 22, 2012
DoodleUnfortunate? Unforeseen? How a future life unfolds. Unmade, unloved. Unlit. Unwound. / Merciless moments. Their memories mashed mindlessly into the mud. Barbs and barbarism crippling and cutting to the core. / You slip slowly, slinking, sidling sadly into the shadows.
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Aug 23, 2023
EchoesI swear I know this place. / I saw you here with a different face. / I still don't understand,
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Dec 16, 2013
EmpireThe Amazons fractured her skull / while he was busy / introducing himself, with a handshake
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Nov 22, 2012
HostA stilted stay, a pregnant pause, / as shadows sharpen midnight claws. / A dimming dome oppressed by night,
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Aug 7, 2014
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