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daniel f Mar 2013
no doubt at one time
freight carried
through counties and town
from here to anywhere
track permitting

now they've left you here alone
between the old college
and retail park
what fate awaits the others
who are here
once you've departed?

oh who's to say

homeless people sleeping
where business once flourished
the gentle pitter patter
of rails and wheels
replaced with special brew
and roll ups
failure all around
there's plenty of things
but money to be found


no doubt the driver
long gone now
retired or dead
retired or dead

less than a retirement
left to rot,
in dunstable
16-02-2011
daniel f Mar 2013
night is the nation sleeping
except unlucky night workers

dawn is the whole country realising
dreams sadly are exactly that

early morning is getting up
and making the long journey
to a job you never loved
like some long forgotten ex girlfriend


mid morning is the first cigarette and coffee
"i'll take mine black"

lunch time is food
glorious food and time
to count the final hours of the working day

afternoon is children leaving school
parents waiting patiently to collect
there little darlings

the evening, good byes and
i'll see you tomorrows


I regret to inform you,
its only monday
daniel f Mar 2013
another sticky evening

its half past two
my day is ending,
and by now the unrelenting heat
seems to be getting to the stars

as they sit dim above,
surveying all of every thing,
one of those evenings
when you can hear everything,

distant dogs howl skyward,
and a lone freight train passes through
a ghost station
perhaps to london
perhaps then onward to a dock!
and then well
perhaps anywhere

an owl sat in the now
long gone willow tree
secret wise old owl

nothing to eat on the pavement,
or my garden or
anyone else's for that matter
so sing your song all night
sleep it off in the morning,


everything fading now
the harsh reality of overtime tomorrow,
seems distant like weeks upon weeks
although its twelve hours,

as i give out that eternal yawn,
the last gasp of resistance down
and now its time to sleep
another sticky evening spent
daniel f Mar 2013
I was inconsolable as I watched you leave,
I could have lay in bed and cried like an orphan
although we both know all the crying in the world
wont bring you back.

Taunting me almost by staying around longer than perhaps usual
there was nothing realistically I could do to stop you,
so I never really tried.

Ill be seeing you in April, or perhaps march
like that matters now anyway
I havent got the means or the time to chase you, as I would love too,
like some beautiful maid you left me with a promise that you would return again.

I left the patio exactly how you liked it,
now the surfaces covered in snow,
Im freezing Im blue and its raining
why ever did you have to go?

incase you come back early
Ive got some money saved
so I can enjoy you on the beach,
If only for a day,
daniel f Mar 2013
friends in the beach,
im happy in the shade,
light another ciggarette
enjoy the perfect day

tell yourself you earned it,
through hard hard pointless work,
tell yourself you earned it,
a little never hurt.

the sun is peaking now,
above the sea and sand,
I could lie here forever
with budweiser at hand

onto the sand again!
oh tide why wont you learn?
Your retreat to sea,
so seemingly
considered
An afternoon well spent
daniel f Mar 2013
The sweetest hello,
I shall ever know
goodbye july hello august,
let me melt,
into the hottest my climate can offer
two weeks of freedom
with fruits of my hard earned labour
shouting
spend me
spend me
spend me
daniel f Mar 2013
But I gave you everything
I gave you the world cup
and until HD TV
that was more than enough

I'm sure someone could love me
perhaps a nursing home
or just left out on the pavement
feeling all alone

My black plastic casing
protection no more
maybe once an ariel
maybe Im unsure

on tuesday they will come
take me somewhere new
but just dont you forget me
what ever you do
All work my own!

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