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Decay
I have been told That I have fallen Into a state Of artistic decay
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Cut
I worked very hard on my book But you told me that it was too long I made it in to a film But that was cut too Too brutal Too decadent I was told But I only told the truth
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Without You
We are five minutes apart It is finished full stop Our love has trickled away You are walking towards the railway station I am staring at my stained coffee cup It is as empty as my thoughts The rains have now turned to snow It is snowing quite hard I think of you waiting for […]
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Just a Tee Shirt
You have a habit of walking around our flat Wearing just a tee shirt before you retire I find this very off putting when writing Memo to Self Buy Jane a pair of pajamas tomorrow So that you might complete This wretched poem
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Do Sharks Believe in God
Shipwreck Clinging to a sinking Piece of driftwood The sharks are circling I am praying very hard And hope that the sharks Have retained their faith
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The Poet Masefield
Do not criticise what you cannot understand What are you doing Listening to Dylan You Listening to Dylan
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The Peter and Paul
It is my moral duty To say that I am Heavy with Child Whether I am guilty or not Is of no importance As my foetus is innocent
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Killed with Kindness
I am hiding out in a hotel room High above a celebrating city The cops are searching for me As I am an ny assassin I have registered under my favourite alias F Anny Kaplan But the authorities are dumb I will not be caught As unlike other assassins I do not use guns or […]
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The Greatest Footballer
This is not going to be a long piece Why should it be In short during the final months of the war I had rescued a wounded footballer As he stumbled towards the enemy lines Another rake of machine gun fire Would have finished him off He had been shot just above the knee And […]
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The Three Legged Mare
I am standing where Dick Turpin Was executed In 1739 A blue bus Has just passed by Tyburn York Tyburn York Tyburn York Three Brothers Were aboard The blue bus I am having dinner With them This evening