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Aug 2016
Sketching a tornado
watch the wind blow.

I crayon in a part of me
with waterproof non-toxic
eco-trendy colouring sticks.

not much fun to be had when the weather's quite bad and the green party's not a party for kids

Global warming

'Oh island in the sun'
looks like the day has finally come
and
'It ain't half hot mum'

I blame the microwaves
we became slaves to the 3 minute wonder of curry and the magic of fish in a tray
and the prayer factory
known as the TV

We all get to be Jeremy Kyle with the look at me smile and what a gobshite he became

Famous?
I'd sooner stick hot pins in my eyeballs.

I'm passing milestones, painful like piles or missing two ninepins at the alley

someone's keeping tally but I have no idea of the day never mind the year
it all stopped for me in '72 but it could have been '63
I don't have a clue
no worries though

The tornado will blow
and the spirals are red
couldn't find that colour crayon
so
used mums lipstick instead

she won't mind unless she finds out and then the ****'ll hit the fan

and I'm not a fan of things like that.
John Edward Smallshaw
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John Edward Smallshaw  68/Here and now
(68/Here and now)   
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