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Titterers
Laugh at me I’ll halt the steed Gleaming steel at hip’ll steam Drinking dramfuls from the lake of dreams Draughts of creamy hippocrene Guinnessene, thirst of long-duned Essene I am Homer’s blameless heroes I watch a screen, scribbling keen notes A friend’s obscene Opium dreams As if a neural portal borne of and in mind…
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Soul Sucking Doll
Bought an evil doll She feigned to borrow Then stole a soul Swallowed whole Black hole maw gnawing On one’s immortal spirit. Muse, tell through me the facepaling tale of the living fetish Fetch me apt words I might out wretched scripts ripped from the crypt-heart of hell where cryptarchs rest for chiliarches awaiting the…
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Assyrian Violence
At Inanna’s bone strewn palace Prelates sifting bird guts seeking prophecy Zealots fill stone bowls with blood. Assyrian war crimes None can deny their advances Upraised wolf faces slit by raised lances The time of diplomacy is over Bones and blood loam for new orchards Sennacherib brings new tortures to the world Gold domed elden…
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Coming Back from Lunch High
High coming back from lunch, pipes in the lane around the corner Blame hayfever for red streaks around cornea Mouth breathing feeling like everyone is watching me Tie feels too tight Almost die when Mulvihill says hi as he speeds by, bald head shining under halogen lights Halitosis from the tokes I had, smell of…
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DIFFERENCES
Our great granddad’s flanks lascinated and lacerated by serrated grenade shells in fierce dawn raids Rode fridgelike tanks across perilous muddy embankments which stank of bad meat We stressed about transition year plays, played pranks, GDPR failure quiz and Bebo flashbox Played games, chasing at the wrong age through Ballaly apartments, hairs on the chin…
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