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Midwinter sunshine

Life can get you downMaybe you’re the loneliest manFeeling dreary and unpleasantMost humans canFeel a little too blueSo cold there’s ice in the veinsJust when you can’t take anymoreIt then starts to rain Continue reading Untitled

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Married a damned dame on a dismal day.

Wasn’t feeling myselfFeeling down and outAnd petrifiedGrowing old and deafMy bones hurt in the coldAnd in the warmthI was a little better but not okEverything seemed to get in the way I was angry at all the world could provideI felt like I had no love inside Continue reading Untitled

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BJ Blues

Well she ain’t got no visionAnd she doesn’t watch the newsShe don’t know how to tune a televisionShe’s just too tired to chooseShe just wants a simple lifeWith food and decent clothesShe doesn’t want to be anyone’s wifeCleaning somebody else’s clothes Continue reading Untitled

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Finally the end.

It’s the end of the yearEveryone looks happySo why am I scared and anxiousI’m I just a big baby?Fear of the endFear of the unknownFear of failureAnd the new year to comeIt’s the end , finallyNo more bullshit 2023No more rape no more warNo more atrocities let’s head to 2024 Continue reading Untitled

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What we could be.

We’ve been down and out beforeIt was just another new year’s eveWe all said never againJust that we never did believeWhen the sour taste of alcoholIs vomit on your broken bedThe toilet is an apocalyptic messAnd an earthquake in your head Continue reading Untitled

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Just another one.

At every end of every single yearMen load up their cars with a ton of beerMother is in the veg aisle won’t you help her outLooking for the turnips and the mouldy Brussel sproutsThe tangerines have to become orangeAt this time of year they are mainly greenJust like your uncle after he’s found the whiskeyAnd this year it is the worst he’s every been Continue reading Untitled

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Dilemma

You woke up one dayAnd felt life was ignoring youYou felt enough was enoughAnd that you had to retaliateYou felt that you’ve not done enoughSo you have to go to war with youDragging your ass out of your flatAnd drown you in the poolThat is life. Continue reading Untitled

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New eBook available now.

I should have written this earlier, but for those who know me I am always bad at doing the good stuff, I have had a roller coaster year again and I wasn’t very consistent with my poetry publishing, updating my blogs or social media channels, at lot of work posting when all you get is 5 likes from somebody who has never wanted to download your work. Continue reading Untitled

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Semtex Symphony

I can see by your eyes you are tempted You might start to walk my wayMaybe because it’s because I’m a strangerBut please don’t walk my wayDo you have enough bottle to say helloTo say what a fucking wonderful dayWould you comment on my beard loveHave you anything original to say Continue reading Untitled

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On my easel

If I could paint like my grandfatherSet-up in his front roomWith knives and thick coloursThe odd brush too I presumeI could paint the horizonRedcar, the steelworks to the funhouseThe boating lake or the town clockOr the station or the pier as it used to be Continue reading Untitled

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Star destroyer

I took you to the starsMade sense of the dense nebula I’m not a time lord I’m just a dreamerWho used to dream of youI showed you the pathI turned on the lightYou took two steps forward Then kissed me goodnight I didn’t think it was the endFor you it was a new beginning A new chapter bornWith an open ending? Continue reading Untitled

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The plan

I had a planI thought it was fool proofAnd how could it be soWhen I’m the foolAnd not a manI had a ideaThat it was going somewhereI didn’t put my heart into itNow it’s nowhereAnd when I told youThat I couldn’t lieYou asked me politelyTo fuck off and die Continue reading Untitled

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Surely

Well it’s just been about a weekI turned 51 and allBut still I’m on a losin’ streakLife doesn’t give at allBeing cruising thru lifeTrying not to reach hellBut the shit didn’t feed the rosesBut it surely left a smellGot a smile from a gal yesterday Before I replied she blew me awayJust like a gasket ready to blowShe surely put on an amusing show Continue reading Untitled

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Sicker

Every action comes with warningSlapped hands when you were a kidMental state failing and falling A life fuelled by lies and hateHere comes another birthday Yet another shot in the armAnother drunken night and morning afterGetting sicker with self harm Continue reading Untitled

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Worldwide horror story

Monday morning anxiety overloadOn the train all aboardClocking on nine to fiveDo you have enough to surviveWe don’t want to kill ourselvesWorking until we are bluePulled into the machinesAs safety devices are manipulated Continue reading Untitled