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Josie’s Mail to Josie
Joe Josie Where is Essen In the Ruhr Valley Where is the Ruhr Valley In the Fatherland Why do you ask Because Cora’s schoolteacher Was born in Essen I think she was German Joe Josie Do you speak German Nein I do not believe you Why Because you have translated Rilke In my dreams
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Poor Westward TV
Christ has moved to Essen I saw him this morning Sharing a coffee With an angel He is studying the history Of West Country Television Stations I have purchased a galleon Which is docked in Bristol Awaiting repairs After it was attacked by pirates Using silver catapult cakes (New things are made familiar and familiar […]
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I am Finnish
I am Finnish My name is Maarika I am blond And rather tall I have a scar on my cheek As I fell off of a horse My best friend is Icelandic We currently live in Lyon As we are both teachers Many people think we are a couple But that is not true As […]
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At Weekends
I ring Jeanne de Chiem And invite her for coffee At the Cafe of Flowers We then row my boat To an abandoned island In the middle of the estuary And pretend that we are castaways
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Runs and Rhymes
My name is Jeanne de Chiem I am an art teacher I always wear blue or grey Roll neck sweaters Sandals and Jeans On summer evenings I collect wild flowers From long lost graves And press them Into my many scrapbooks
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Jeanne de Chiem
My name is Jeanne de Chiem I am an art teacher I always wear blue or grey Roll neck sweaters Sandals and Jeans At weekends I sleep in the spare room And hold conversations With the framed photographs That are displayed on my wall
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Roses at the Cinema
My name is Jeanne de Chiem I am an art teacher I always wear blue or grey Roll neck sweaters Sandals and Jeans At weekends I give free lessons To the blind of the community As long as they take me To the cinema And give me bunches Of red raw roses
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The Doorways of Once Respected Shops
I am an addict Sliding into on an oblivion That I cannot see taste Or even feel I haunt shop doorways The doorways Of once respected shops Now derelict and forgotten Most people despise me Just because I am there Although I am quite invisible To the naked eye
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Travelling on the Underground
Josie I am so glad that you are still nuts It is nice being nuts I wish I was nuts Daddy did discuss it with me As it fascinated him Do you realise that thousands of people every day Pass these new commandments unknowingly These commandments might change their lives But their phones are more […]
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The Ten Commandments
Joe I am sitting here naked thinking of you With my legs slightly apart As it so fucking hot Poor Joe so many miles away But I know that you can see me I had an interesting conversation yesterday With the great grandson of Roger Price Who the fuck is Roger Price you might ask […]