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 Dec 2013 Dylan Lavercombe
Emily
Silly little *******
spitting up her heart
Wishing she was talented
Wishing she was smart

Slice and bite and beat yourself
all above the knee
Never swim and never cry
then nobody will see

Stupid little *******
tearing out her eyes
Punishment doth bring success
Perfection carries lies

Tell them all it was the cat
Conjure up some cheer
Fill your life with silent screams
then nobody will hear

Crazy little *******
cutting up her wrists
Pushing down with all her might
as hands turn into fists

Blood is pouring out your veins
and you stop to stare
Knowing if you died tonight
then nobody would care
The affiliation with gangs keeps the *** shops in business after hours
The prostitutes sell their souls and bodies to make ends meet
But what does 'making an honest living' even mean?
When the police can't even keep the streets we call home, clean?
When the government can't keep crime at bay,
And show these forgotten souls a different pathway?
But can still look forward to a pay rise every second day.

Déjà vu of a man walking his dog home after the transaction is complete.
The drugs are in his hand and his dog is on a leash.
The man doesn't have dark skin so police let him walk in peace.

The moon is high,
Casting a shadow,
Over the kids in the streets.
Higher and brighter than the moon could ever be,
They stay out late,
So they can afford to sleep.

The world was theirs if they had a can and clean walls,
To express the lost art called freedom of speech,
But if they didn't,
Then who's world was it?
Probably yours.

The stumbling ******,
Caught fumbling his car keys,
Is put behind bars,
Before he reaches his car.

After further investigation,
He was searching for his insulin.
Oh well,
Six months imprisonment.

If he does't retaliate he'll get off on probation,
But if he has a fit from not getting his medication,
We'll say he attacked us.
Beat him to death,
And get awarded community protection,
Medals.
I've a bad habit.
Of bringing up the bodies
of memories, to make sure they're still in their graves.
Thought I've marked them well.
They rest comfortably in the deep furrows
carved in my brain
by wind and water and whispered words.
Eventually I'll let them rest in peace
When fresh new furrows have been dug,
and I'll plant forget-me-nots
before the tombstones
time himself has carved.
She sings to use the waiting,
To ease the pain of her soul,
To gratify all needs

She sings words you'll not understand
You'll only hope to grasp it

Singing brings peace to her, she hums a little too
Songs you maybe recognize
Maybe not

Not for an audience
People make her nervous
Her room is her studio,
Her stage

She sings to her aching heart
she sings to her eyes
she'll sing to her morning, her night skies

She sings songs inside out
feeling it brew in her lungs,
from her belly to her tongue

Rolling from her lips
sounds are pure
her own

I sing to use the waiting,
To ease the pain of my soul,
And to gratify all needs


I sing songs inside out,
to my heart,
to my eyes,
and to my night skies

© 2013 Miranda Mack-Jackson
 Dec 2013 Dylan Lavercombe
Elise
Yesterday will forever be my favourite day
Because
Yesterday, you were mine
And yesterday the sun would still shine
I'd smile as I woke
I knew I was so rich in love
I never thought I would go broke
And yesterday is when you were still alive
When I still had my eldest brother by my side
Yesterday my parents were together
I still believed in a forever
It was yesterday when I loved myself
When I thought I was just as pretty as anyone else
And today
I am alone
I am sad
And I am only loved on the nights I give away my body to a man in which I don't know the name
I am only by my brothers side when I cry so much my whole body feels the same
My parents are only together when they are yelling at me
And I am only beautiful when the alcohol distorts my identity
I am disintegrating into a society that I don't believe in
And falling into a path of destruction and sin
Today I am not the me that I want to be


*Yesterday, I was.
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