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John Edward Smallshaw
Poems
Feb 2018
Shrivels
This is a stand up routine
it's like a bad dream
I once had and
the weather is bad
can you see me laughing?
But the tube is no place for a
self pity session.
Lots of rosy red cheeks
I sneak peeks
and that's how I know,
and quiet too
as if the
cold's got their
tongues
the cat's not worried
he has nine lives.
It's only Tuesday
which is nether here
nor Morecambe bay
but
I'm drowning anyway.
When I thaw out I'll
go out to gnaw at
what's left of the
morning
I might be some time.
I should have worn my
long johns,
a thermal underlay
for a ****** cold day
but I forgot
I won't make that mistake
again.
He
trains his brain to remember
but can't remember what for.
Written by
John Edward Smallshaw
68/Here and now
(68/Here and now)
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