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Pillow Talk
Where were we when you saidIt is okay for me to say “tu”?I could not reciprocate, there is nothingin English to convey such subtle changeThat step from formal to familiarFrom mannered speech to intimateIt exposed the Anglo-Saxon in me tooMy lack of ease dealing in greyMy lack of language to expressEmotions too layered for me Read more
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Office
One of the darker monthsThe phone rarely rangHer typewrite ribbon freshThe keys unimpressedCartridge paper laid in the trayGathering a carbon copy of dustOnce the post was checkedOrders filed and queries placed in pendingShe’d roll the chair under its deskLie on the floorAnd sleepNext door, under neon I sat each dayWriting out lists of prospectsFrom Kelly’s Read more
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Pork Chop’s Revenge
The bit I enjoy?When hot fat drips on best dressRuins the evening ~ n.b. NaPoWriMo 2022 Day Twenty prompt: anthropomorphise food. CLP 20/04/2022 Read more
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Sign here. Press hard. Bottom Copy’s Yours
Too late he realisedHis chance to readTerms and conditionsHad passed Holding the contractWhile still holding the smileMirroring the other’son leaving It rarely failsThis Salesman’s SpellWhen they’ve said Yes thriceThey’ll sign The handshake of the salesmanLeaves a warm impressionBut unlike the signatureSoon fades ~ n.b. NaPoWriMo 2022 Day Nineteen prompt: start with a command. Here it Read more
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Inexplicable
New moon over the lakePerseids showering the peaksSheerbeautyofCreationYou had to be thereSo very sillyLike children repeatingPooWeeWillyBumYou had to be thereIn the Arrivals hallAfter unexplained delayWaitingWaitingWaitingWaitingYou had to be thereAt the stationUnstoppableI thought it strangeWe hadhadaplanYou had to be thereLockdown over EuropeMy body burned for youSunshinespringflowersbirdsongYou had to be there~ n.b. NaPoWriMo 2022 Day Eighteen prompt: Read more
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Desert Dust
Shifted from south of the Sahel Disarmed by Sahara’s unruly winds Riding out the arid rolling waves Heading north on the Scirocco Slipping through the wires at Ceuta Negotiating the Med, island by island Crossing France, fence by fence Sleeping by day in shallow ditches Embarking from Blériot Plage to Blighty Where your humble lives Read more
Journey of Words 