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La Vallee
The luminous process of the owls was nearly at an end and the silence of the valley was slowly returning From our bed I could see a heat mist gathering above the trees It was unlikely that we would stray far from the veranda due to the heat In an hour I would collect the […]
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The Automatic Hate Machine
I am in an organic space ship and am exploring its various decks There are many people with me Each with their own agenda I need a coffee but am told that Only the vacancy of space is available I do not have many friends I like it that way As it is uncomplicated […]
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You said it would be forever
You said it would be forever But you left me for a strawberry Before the year was out Even though it was a Grade One Best Kent Strawberry I felt compelled to act And squashed it under my foot I received a thousand -year jail sentence Without parole But was released within a week Due […]
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Lytton in the Cornfield
On the day of the children’s party I was washing the dishes in the large kitchen When I saw Lytton walking through the cornfield towards the house He was wearing a pale suit and a wide brimmed brown hat and had been hired as the children’s entertainer for the day I found this strange as […]
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Notes from St Pancras
Kinetic Greeting Your greeting shields the clock face But few care For we are now in the city Where time passes without passion Let us all embrace Calm John I think it might rain today The wind is whipping up An umbrella is advised Each day I see trains come and go Some are […]
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Maurice
It is raining Maurice gets wet It is not raining Maurice stays dry But how do you know that it is raining Or whether Maurice is wet or dry If I suspended this question for a year and in that time Maurice travelled to Mars would I need to ask the question And how […]
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Toggle Set
Charlie You shall go to Singapore As you are nearest To the toggle set Lucy You shall take my place On the tree top path As I am scared of heights Maurice Please visit the garden Of the tigers As I am colour blind
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At Peace with Jupiter
We are following the road winds Just you and I And in this darkness may fall and die The eclipse of Jupiter is near Just days away Let us find shelter and await the display
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Sapphic Thoughts Kensington 2019
When reading my poetry at a gathering recently I was asked by a rather butch woman whether I was a lesbian I explained to her that I was to all intents a man and in possession of a rather happy penis She said that her question had arisen whilst reading my poetry and that she […]
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Fireflies
The moon hangs low over the sea Suma beach is deserted Apart from the fireflies Moon The moon hangs low over the sea Suma beach is deserted Apart from the fireflies