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 Jan 12 Heidi Franke
Lim Peh
While taking a shower
Cupping my face and mouth
Inhale
The water sputters
Drowning
Panic
Terror
It was only 6 seconds
Tepid water
between
my toes,
I know
life.
Here is a link to my you tube channel where I read my poetry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psGsLxRoaII&t=22s

My book Seedy Town Blues is on Amazon.
Self
corruption, destruction,
must believe in the self.

If I'm going to hell
I'm taking the detour.

Sunday and the prophets arrive
but
only nine to five and
double time too.

It all has a price
and it's sometimes so nice
how can I refuse?
Gauze
or some tape

to cover a scrape
or scratch

that we tell ourselves
is only a temporary solution

but then
ends up another

permanent accessory
to our makeshift lives
The best life is lived
   it's not meant to be interpreted
    analysed or understood
   lest it were to occasion grief
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