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8h Richard Shepherd

Poetic T

Like a work horse,
My body feels worn.
I can’t turn the soil
Of life everyday..

I think I need to be euthanised..
Or at least hibernate
for the weekend.

Painkillers eaten like skittles..

Four varieties of woes..
My body the water,
The pills skimming
Across my Pain threshold..

Hidden disabilities,
a hide an seek of explanations.
You ill today.. sighs..
I’m Forever Sighing,
At the ignorance of others

I have fibromyalgia and some days feel like hell and other days I feel like ringing ignorant people nogins (heads) lol I have to take morphine cocodamol naproxen Nortriptyline so you can imagine my forever pains

8h Richard Shepherd

I need a wheeeee!

8h Richard Shepherd

Geof Spavins

I need a wheeeee!

I need a wee… wheeee!
I proclaimed with delight,
But suddenly spotted a bird in mid-flight.
Which reminded me then of my auntie's old parrot,
Who once stole a phone, then flew off to Harrogate.

That town! With its pastries, its trains, and its teas,
Which brings us to goats, and their fondness for cheese.
Oh right, the loo! Yes, that was my aim,
But I’d somehow detoured through memory lane.

There’s a cactus involved now, I’m not sure quite why,
It sat on a bench next to one Mr. Rye.
And he wore a jumper with zips down the side,
Which reminded me! trousers! (The zipped kind, not wide.)

And speaking of zippers, my own was askew,
Which reminded me... oh! I still need the loo!

12h Richard Shepherd

If There Is Scandal

12h Richard Shepherd

Abbott J Hardison

If There Is Scandal

Something here,
Something there,
The evidence is everywhere.
Waves wash over,
Close to fire,
As old bones stir in the mire.
When evil takes the face of man,
Society is left in our hands,
Will we live or die?
We play children's games,
Silver pieces replaced with steel knives,
Can you duck from the goose?
They turn the mob loose,
Suddenly the waves close in again,
Close to the fire of a torch.
Stand to fight,
Or lay to die,
Give it time.
If there is scandal,
None will be found tonight.

#scandal

12h Richard Shepherd

Excuses

12h Richard Shepherd

South-by-Southwest

Excuses

Excuses
are the white bread
spinal taps
that alleviate
the sticky
super glue
of truth

12h Richard Shepherd

Tether Me With Flowers

12h Richard Shepherd

vienna bombardieri

Tether Me With Flowers

Tether me with flowers
bring me sunshine everyday !
Do not ruffle up my feathers
when I'm doing it my way !
Fasten smiles upon me say,
"Go ahead, do it your way !"

12h Richard Shepherd

#iceandmud

12h Richard Shepherd

sonja benskin mesher

#iceandmud

we sit quietly here, fretting

over nothing in particular.

some bemoan their lot,

others get on with it willingly.

stop and have a cup of tea.

while others walk in #ice and mud,

while others #drown,

while others #starve.

without a #cup of tea.

12h Richard Shepherd

Failure to Receive Repayment Will Put Your House at Risk

12h Richard Shepherd

Carlo C Gomez

Failure to Receive Repayment Will Put Your House at Risk

~
Tonight underneath debris
Family foreclosure
...
Heaven's legs dawn through window
Offer artificial hope
...
Employee to love
Dressed for escape
...
Pleasure town angel
A multi-colored pretty thing
...
Mom questions way
Daughter drives to parties
...
Empty lips talk
**** reflection patterns
...
Death inside mom and dad
Beautifully cold skin
...
War god kiss
Midnight blue people (at dinner table)
...
Young shadows flower
Final stars fire
...
Money born cloud
Raining on remnants of family
...
Is there nothing
Left to mortgage?
~

#family #unit #love #decline #jeopardy #harbinger #trouble

12h Richard Shepherd

The day I met myself

12h Richard Shepherd

Nick Moore

The day I met myself

It was a Thursday night,
I walked into a pub,
Who's that sat by the window?
Walking towards him, he looked up,
Was I looking into a mirror?
The feeling of a dream came over me,
and so began
the day I met myself.
We got along famously.
We agreed about music,
We agreed about art,
We agreed about politics,
We agreed about philosophy,
We agreed about religion,
We agreed about morals,
We agreed who were the bad people,
We agreed who were the good people,
We laughed so much, at all the things we had in common.
We cried about our hurts,
Then a silence ascended, we didn't know what to say!
Then we both agreed on one more thing,
To never see each other again.

Songs for this, Mirror man by The human league.
Mirror in the bathroom, The Beat.