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One day I shall rest
be a guest and someone
other than me can cook
and wash and dry,
yes indeedy
I shall
one day
be that guy

but for now
I work like a cog
in the machine
I'm a dog
barking up trees

thought it was a dream
but no
scheduled to appear
three hundred days a year

What flamin' Bank Holiday?
X
( Formerly Twitter )
Britain
( Formerly Great )

brackets
are a racket
they
can make a sandwich
out
of a
pile of ****.

Great Britain in
The Tate Modern
exhibiting in
the
retro wing.
Opened the cover of
a book
took a look
thought
what the ****
went and had a beer.
not true
They might pity me
but
for one Euro
I bought a house
in Italy.
and
whee
full of glee
I shall
emigrate
integrate
and
learn the lingo
eat pasta
ride a Lambretta
sit in a Gondola
and drink
Limoncello

and then I'll wake up.
Daylight looms
weaves into me
and I rise
sleepily.

No crying
I'm a baby no more
the last of my childhood
disappeared through the door
and She
and She
builds me up
and says
fancy a cup?

ha
I know what I fancy

wonders if there's a chance
he
tries his luck.
Music swells softly
World fading behind the chords
Noise drowned by silence
  May 21 John Edward Smallshaw
Abi
You are my fall.
It may not make sense to you,
But autumn is my sanctuary—
And so are you.

I watch the leaves blush into gold,
The way my heart stirs when I think of you.
Fall wraps me in warmth and quiet,
The same peace I find in your voice.

The trees teach me that change can be beautiful,
And I saw it—clear as the crisp October sky—
The moment we spoke.
You are the season I return to,
Again and again,
Because you feel like home.
I love you
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