John Edward Smallshaw

John Edward Smallshaw May 27

the night has come
and me
on my second ***
which some
would deny me.

deny me thrice
said the man
with the nails
through his hands
and feet

judas hangs
swinging
in the wind.

John Edward Smallshaw May 27

Lost boy syndrome

How do you express it
when you
don't know what it is?

the feeling that you're missing out
but always included in.

crying here
but quietly
not wanting
the neighbours
to hear me

how do you express it
when you don't know what
it is?

John Edward Smallshaw May 27

Untitled

Oh
so ******* soially awkward
don't you dare
to walk towards me

I'm disappearing
into the ambience
you can call me
an ambulance

I feel so sick,.

John Edward Smallshaw May 27

About the days

We imagine that we imagine
but we are not imagining at all
this **** is real
and that's got my seal
of disapproval.

John Edward Smallshaw May 26

Where is the prophet?

come lay your head on the
bones of the dead,

here lies
the lie of the twenty first
century

nothing will prepare you
for the taste of the fruits
of evil.

if we're to meet our doom
and still
no room at the inn
how do we begin
to believe.

John Edward Smallshaw May 26

Even silence echoes off the tombs

It's going down,
the home front
in an Eastern Town.

Mach 3 Jets
the bomb
the gun.
buried in debts
under a smoky Sun.

They're paying
we're paying
so many praying
for peace.

and at a loss
for something to say
I kneel down
and pray in silence.

John Edward Smallshaw May 26

Agony and the Aunt

I wanted to jump and pumped up with excitement,
I jumped.

Playground swings are fun when you're young
and she said
but friggin' dangerous when you become older.