Tag: expression

• Card tapping at Dignitas (further house hunting trauma dumps)

  Delay after delay A much needed string change A much needed property for sale Neither city-situated nor confined to wild dales We offered, they took it, here comes happy days I hated the work but I loved the pay I feared the worst and, in a way, loved that pain Close to tight pyjamas and…

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  18th Feb 2026

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• A day in the life of a vice peddler

  Hand swaddling cash Waddling off with the swag bagged As clans begin to clash Tenuous alliances fall and crash Find out who is a pal and who is only a pal until they’re down bad I was stood cutting dash on the foot path Had my salesman patter down pat I was hard as a…

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  16th Feb 2026

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• Rotting away in a private space 

  Use went from sparing to daily  Used get it mailed in  Rip open the pack and rail it the second it came in. Coke and horse, my arm invaded  The syringe impaling  Like the razorhoned beaks of the venom-leaking birds of Stymphalia Heart slowly failing, in the palliative cupboard below the clothes railing. It wasn’t something…

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  16th Feb 2026

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• Surfeit directly correlate with suffering

  Felt blood rush to my temple Where his gun was held Remember my mouth drying out Like July windowmeat Caress of cold metal gunsnout cold on cheek like windowseat Skin and sleek steel meet alchemely, felt keenly I’m cold cell fearing so keep skeleton keys period.

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  17th Jan 2026

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• Sweaty underneath the facehider

  Chasing snakes like neck-breaking Hercules 7 years before turning 8 Gods, demideities and half-human fates considered acquaintances This town I led Hamelin-like, from decency to depression Selling fiends their leisure, accruing so much treasure I feel so much better No acquiescing, fudge the numbers the ledgers are messy allegedly Constant CCTV by determined DCs, trying…

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  17th Jan 2026

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