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John Bartholomew Apr 2024
"Have you actually tried walking?"
"You people amaze me"
"What. So you can't feel ANYTHING?!"
"Can you, you know, still have (mouthed), ***?"
"Lucky you. I'd love to sit down all day!"
All true, (mouthed) unfortunately.

JJB
John Bartholomew Apr 2024
A tip of the cap
Just a nod of the head
It doesn't take much to say thank you
To lift a finger from the wheel
Appreciation for waiting by the field
Thank you for letting me pass
Press that elevator button
To hold the doors a second longer just means nothing
Puts a spring in the step of those about their day
As love can come in the strangest of ways
From putting out the bins to mowing your neighbour's lawn

Thank you
It doesn't take much
❤️

JJB
John Bartholomew Apr 2024
We obviously know our child is the best
As they roll out the minions all known as the rest
Either waving hello or goodbye on their daily arrange
As renting them out to others always feels slightly strange
But it's how we get by on the monthly wage
Every parent wanting the daily rundown
What foods did they eat and a list of frowns 
How many wee's and hows many twos
A polite way of asking if they had even done a poo
As you park up eying all the other cars
What job do they do
I wonder what they earn
The gossip whilst waiting with so much to pry and learn
Some you smile with as you secretly suss them out
Do they know so-and-so who is married to the pub lout
Some of the stories you hear whilst waiting for your child
Village gossip when its hot and sometimes slightly mild
When nursery is done onto the next you'll miss this daily chatter
As long as your kid is healthy and strong,
then thats all that really matters

JJB
John Bartholomew Apr 2024
I have a complex history of destruction and rebuilding
A fragile take on man who often needs self healing
For I am not a castle that can take on any more wars
As many a battle I have had that needs no more scars
Alive with insults thrown at a skin that is close to breaking
Just a little love is all I need and a heart I would love to take in
For an age comes when you need no more ****** battles
A laugh, a drink with no time to think is a life on which I could settle
To watch the sun set without a thought and to live life on our pension
As time is to short to always comprimise, who needs a life sentance?

JJB
#peace #love #relax
John Bartholomew Apr 2024
Excuse me dear for acting queer
It was a fate I was triumphantly born with
Through shadows and lies I prefer his thighs
To those my mother bore birth did give
Some stubble
Man trouble
A daily not monthly cause of my mood
Rainbows shining
My love is not hiding
The chemists for Veet to rub me down smooth
I can still rub shoulders with the best of men
Down my local where they suspect I change gone ten
But I do love a cocktail after a few cheeky beers
It's just the way I am ***, all this, hiden show
Go let it out!

Acting Queer

JJB
John Bartholomew Apr 2024
A time of life where the minutes just stop
Adjusted to a newly set clock
Counting down the people you once loved
Deleting the ones you've smoked to their stub
Social media has served its cause
And to those I used, you have my applause
But let's just call it a day and extract your cries
For you've had your time and keyboard sighs
I quit
My last goodbye
Adios
Sayonara
Breaking All Ties

JJB
John Bartholomew Mar 2024
First, we had Blackberry, whilst wearing Fruit of the Loom
Then that died out, time to change that mobile tune
Branches of technology picked the Apple from this technical tree
Do I stick to what I know, like choosing Chedder over Brie
The rivals now raise their heads, which one do I avoid
Apple, MacBook, there is no choice, I'm starting to like Android 
Macbook has the better look
But all that difference has no hook
And Apple is, you get what you see
But I'm afraid, its really just not me
Fine if you like the same and work for the corporate buck
But I'm different man, and I really don't give a...!
Due to personal opinion I like to swerve the trend
I'll turn right while you go left and brave those who offend
For my robot speaks the truth and not sways to the nearest breeze
As I'll bark a different hark away from your everyday tree
But if you really want to speak and have that personal touch
Then go on over, ring that bell, as hey, it doesnt take that much
Friendship is a thing that isnt that hard to grapple
As we all laughed and got on well, way before,
The Android or the Apple

JJB
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