Tag: memories

• Southside Childhood

  When I was a kid, we used to jump into a bush We called it the bouncy bush, passing give a push To a pal I get eczema when I stress itches like thrush Skin blotches up one shade off ketchup  I scrape away layers like Shliemann’s dynamite until the raw sheens The treasures of…

  alchemisland

  17th Apr 2024

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• Waiting For The Kettle Age Seven

  After my brother’s stabbing I remember the kettle boiling At light’s lapsing arrived dour parents, wearing day’s toiling Alighting long suffering fell silent and longsighing allowed finally feel thankful Tankful of upturned woe vial, aside them angels and viler iterations April’s ides bewared, too tired for ire they thanked God for two sons Dad upon…

  alchemisland

  13th Jan 2024

  Filí my pockets

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• Windowledge

  When I was young and hated life I brandished pain, the oldest knife Recalcitrance’s balled fists crying out in need Cold-blooded offspring of a certain serpent’s seed I recall standing on a ledge, up three floors Part performance, and this really was, seek no metaphors Like a man who is allergic to doors Out on…

  alchemisland

  8th Nov 2023

  Filí my pockets

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