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John Bartholomew Jan 2021
Certain things stir the soul
Some are good and some take their toll
A penchant for coffee just to wake you up
One will do and then its onto endless cups
You only watch one episode as its all on Netflix
Then it rolls into the next just to get your fix
It becomes a drug, not doing what is best
Just drag yourself away as it becomes a test
The human heart just wants what is more
Until it gets its need,
It strikes
It shoots
It scores

Addicted

JJB
John Bartholomew Jan 2021
It's always a great watch but never a sport
Just to see how other people are taught

In life, in love and even ordering food and coffee
Spending twenty in Costa when teenage and still spotty

Who gives them the filled pocket full of easy money
Must be the bank at home, more likely dad over mummy

People sit with paper just chilling whilst paying Sudoku
One naughty couple lightly play, his hands close to her...John!

Why row on loudspeaker in a public place of tranquil
Think that I'll get out of here and quickly pay at the till

First a quick nip to the toilet to release a wee jobby
Next cubicle is on the phone, I'll listen in, this should be my hobby!

JJB
“I like to prowl ordinary places
and taste the people-
from a distance.”
― Charles Bukowski

“And then I think, maybe that’s what we are. An accidental spectacle.”
― Tracy K. Smith

“One of the strangest experiences I had in life was watching my professional astronomy girlfriend turn into a lesbian.”
― Steven Magee
John Bartholomew Jan 2021
You ponder tomorrow.

Tomorrow comes.

You sit back and think.

Hmm.

I wonder what tomorrow will bring.

Always,

Pondering tomorrow



JJB
Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
Lyndon B. Johnson

Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.
Bil Keane
John Bartholomew Jan 2021
Tick Tock Tick Tock 

The unstoppable noise from the wall and the clock
Battery malfunction is its only means of stop

From day one our clocks started setting
And an end date still has us betting

For it guides us in our everyday forms of life
From being late to work onto a barney with the trouble and strife

Even the dog knows what time he's to be fed
Until the day is done and upstairs to bed

As time is the invisible line we cannot hurry or cross
The world spins in motion to the suns gravity who is the real boss

It keeps us rectified onto a sole purpose and a meaning
Or is God just watching us on his box, his own Netflix he is just streaming.

Time

Tick Tock Tick Tock


JJB
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time - Marthe Troly-Curtin

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind - Nathaniel Hawthorne

The future has a way of arriving unannounced - George F. Will

Whether it’s the best of times or the worst of times, it’s the only time we’ve got - Art Buchwald
John Bartholomew Jan 2021
And why do you wear just one sock Tom?
Hey, that's for me to know, and for you to find out.

The other sock?

That was worn by his brother, Ronald.
And his nickname?
Go figure

JJB
John Bartholomew Jan 2021
That shining light we both once had
It trickles to a dim flicker and into a fad
I would try and make these words loving and long
But like my love for you a hapless worry
Now unconvincing and just gone
Its so true and yes, Christ yes,
I'm sorry

JJB
John Bartholomew Jan 2021
Run!
Run!
Just keep running!
That's it!
Oh wait, what's that?
Stop
Sniff something I'm convinced might be interesting
Its not
I hear you
I hear my name (..........)
Again (..........)
Still not sure,
Got to keep running
Run!
Run!
Run!

JJB
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