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Theories of Heat
I am standing under my shower Wearing the clothes that I wore On the train from the city The water is very cool I have many theories About the current heatwave As I do not accept its reality
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Joe and Sephine
I was born to doubt Explain yourself Joe Please read this Sephine What does that say to you I know that you playing games But I was taught that 2+2=4 Is that correct How do you know that is correct What colour is my hair Joe Your hair is blonde What colour is your sisters […]
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Sitting on a Suitcase
I have a reoccurring dream It is a rather strange dream I am sitting on a suitcase On a usually busy railway line In theory I am in serious danger Of being hit by a speeding train But nothing happens to me I can see a train in the distance But it never passes through […]
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Petra Stanley
Has just one poster on her bedroom wall Snakes Alive was a Lithuanian pop group That had toured the UK without much fuss And had disbanded soon afterwards She was given the poster by the drummer Who was a close friend of her elder brother
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Vaches
I am Half French And half something else My French half Owns a dairy farm We have just three cows Named un deux trois Who will kick you If you pass behind them Without asking permission
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The Small Railways of Kent
Can often be found in grassy fields Unexplained mounds anonymous in time Bridges that are remarkable due to their vacant use Lines of trees that suddenly thin without real reason Summer campsites are dotted along these long lost lines Slow trains used to run where the finest apples now grow Marcus Smith (2026)
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Summer at Night
Do you ever sit out here Deep in the orchard Counting the stars Sometimes but not very often As I am a little afraid of the dark These apples are never shaded by the night Even the grasses are illuminated by fireflies There is no need to be alarmed I quite often sit on this […]
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Showering with Stephen
During the current hot weather My brother Stephen showers me With the help of his girlfriend Stefanie Their idea of showering is to place My wheelchair under the shower As they share a bath and fool around I am not in the least offended As it beings me great pleasure To witness their summer games […]
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objet trouvé
the flower was wilting in the scalding gutter it now sleeps in a water filled jar
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sous la table
it was so hot yesterday that my city stopped moving the temperatures by the sea were the equivalent or near it was where a jigsaw puzzle floated in a green and white beach bag blue
