john-bartholomew
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2 Gravestones
When you die, you leave behind two gravestones.
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No.1. Your body and your bones.
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No 2. The dreams
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Sep 9, 2024
2 Metre Blues
You'll stand in line,
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You'll smile,
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You'll politely remark,
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You'll wonder, are they infected,
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Apr 18, 2020
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Waking up and checking the battery on your unplugged phone
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(why did I check Facebook at 3am and no
28
Jan 3, 2022
Above the Fold
HEADLINE NEWS!
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That first glance catches the eye
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READ ALL ABOUT IT!
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Rarely too happy, a story
18
Jun 1, 2024
Accents
We come from all over
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The tin mines of Cornwall to the Irish wild rover
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Our flick of the tongue
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Apr 14
A Change
We can't just go on feeling like this
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A kick, a comment, refused a goodbye kiss
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That verbal blac
29
Jun 22, 2018
Acting Queer
Excuse me dear for acting queer
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It was a fate I was triumphantly born with
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Through shadows and l
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Apr 9, 2024
Addicted
Certain things stir the soul
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Some are good and some take their toll
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A penchant for coffee just t
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Jan 20, 2021
A Death Less Funny Than Most
You laughed
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You really did laugh
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At a joke so morbid yet clear
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Seen as a sin
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Now straight in
21
Jul 27, 2018
A Divorce From One's Self
If I could take the parts, you know,
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the bits that don't really matter
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one by one,
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moment by m
34
Aug 8, 2018
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