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  Oct 2024 John Edward Smallshaw
Moo
I hide myself away so beautifully,
So I am perceived as an art form and nothing else,
Mimicking a mannequin,
An undeniably inhuman Facade upholds me,
A mere antique is all I can claim to be,
Inhabited in which is a crack,
That i pledges to veil,
Until,
Draps are drawn,
And amused audience embrace their ways to home,
One needs to look no further than the nose that juts from your face, that which you seek you will find and you’ll find it in the same place,

because I remembered that I forgot but then forgot what I’d remembered,

It could be that or it might be this, She says, never mind dear, and gives me a kiss,
some things I never forget to remember.
Keeping things tight
letting the light out
a little at a time
but we all shine
don’t we?

And we all vibrate
we are a song on
some celestial soundtrack.

In trying to justify
the means to an end
I tend to prevaricate
bluster and obfuscate
and then
there is no answer.
Me,
I can't think about the water that's gone under the bridge, on the edge of my being I know I was swimming away.

Those thoughts are put away and one day they will melt into me and everything that I've ever felt.

She mops my brow and I wonder how she manages to cope
I hope and I always will
that she will still
this beating heart.
after this is done
when our tears are dried
and we cry no more
there will be time to
have fun,

patiently just in case she
might change her mind
I wait.
...and when you thought you knew it all
they showed you that you knew ****** all
and that’s all there is to it,

Feel like ****?
been on the binge?
I expect nothing less
than you wanting to
whinge.

I’ve seen all of that and more  
walked through the open door
into a brick wall
yes
I’ve certainly seen it all,
but
I still know ****** all.
05:20
plenty of time to get ready for nine
but I’m leaving at seven,

Everything is mathematics
add this
subtract and divide
provide the answer
miss the deadline
plenty of time
to work it out again.

I went fell walking on the fells
and I never fell once

but I’ve fallen and risen and fallen
and I believe that
track records are there to be broken
so it’ll be more rising
surprising for me because I’m a tad lazy.
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