Tag: life

• A hopeless March

  Misery again Sinking, like I went walking through the Lincolnshire Fen A sheer fence is weak defence against enemy offensives Constantly on the defensive Waiting for something to let slip I tighten the slip into a noose Buds to nip, the final snooze My head heavy as a mounted moose Continuing tantamount to self abuse…

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  2nd Mar 2025

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• Kick some sense in

  Show you that inferno is real, don’t mean Burnout Down this tunnel, walls take a feel and you’ll get burnt, ow! Skin gets peeled where sinners appear when life reaches arrears See you backing out the rear, the real of those screams reaches your ears High turnover, fat earnings, my pockets burning Cloak turning is…

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  22nd Feb 2025

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• Apartment side

  Oven hot inside despite My ringbearer insisting she turned off the heating first thing This evening upon her arrival home We’re Irish and raingrown, both groaning “It’s roasting!” Moaning non-stop, shirtless and sweating I’d bet this is a sign of the end, if I did betting The world had its day, nice wedding with confetti…

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  12th Feb 2025

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• SYSTEM SYSTEM SYSTEM

  Get the lead out, lad Get out there and be fed fast; dazzle ’em, show these young turks The meaning of graft, define hard work Leaders or followers, I’d rather be led Primarily, I’d rather be submerged in molten lead until dead – deserved I can’t be a dole drawing twerp And I don’t have…

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  9th Feb 2025

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• how2feelusefulagain

  In order to feel useful I have to work Since when must idleness feel deserved You can’t spend forty days in the desert or Costa will be short a server If the operation was available today, I would willingly be severed Anything to give Focused Me leverage Over Free Me, about as attentive as a…

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  9th Feb 2025

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