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on Ukraine
Half of all spent is spent on warTaxes, privatisation, national assets soldUkraine is beggared beyond beliefWhat price victory?What cost peace?~ CLP 11/10/2024 →
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on the wall
The North StandUp these steps, here we goTo see the lights, the pitchOur team in blueWe are the Blue Army of Portsmouth FCThe Pompey Chimes our famous tuneWhen I sit in the North StandI think of my Grandad, my parents, my familyThis is our teamWe stand together and never give upPlay up Pompey! Pompey play →
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on Ukraine
Nothing much reportedAs media awash with stormsTerrestrial and solarGaining strengthGreater attentionLebanon and Gaza drowned by dramaOf extreme weatherBent trees, colossal waves breakingon Florida shoresWhen a million and moreAre forced by hail of munitionsTo retreat north and eastFrom the IDFMeanwhile Ukraine still fightsFor its lifeOn the Russian hook~ CLP 10/10/2024 →
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on luck
There is no such thing as Lucky SocksOr shirt, or shoes or underwearI tried some new ones Wednesday nightBut Pompey sunk without a fightTo lose six-one was a shock to meSo are those socks now cursed Unlucky?There’s not such a thing, I’m pretty sureSo, they’re unwashed and are worn once moreFor the vital match todayWhen →
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on time
I was chatting to an old man todayHe said he remembers workingAround Covent Garden and Neal’s YardIt must have been forty years agoQuite a while, I agreedAs I walked on my wayI realised, I was there then tooGoodness he looked quite oldI haven’t checked in with my mirror yet~ CLP 04/10/2024 →
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on luck
People use the phraseSliding doors momentWhat is that about?Is it a Ships in the night thing?Or better than that?At least you can put a foot in the way of a sliding doorI supposeYes, act before it’s too lateDon’t miss the busMake sure the stable door is firmly shutWhile the horse is in its stallChomping at →
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on numbers
These are people you talk ofWith flesh ripped from bonesLife’s blood running in guttersThese are homes you surveyNow brick and dustThese their towns and villagesYour rockets reduce to desertFruit left to rot in orchardsOf splintered wood~ n.b. I am not taking sides as if this were a sport. Hundreds have died in Lebanon because of →
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on gratitude
It feels likeNothing beforeEver happenedBut everythingThat happened beforeMade all thisPossible~ CLP 24/09/2024 →
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