There was a girl made entirely of ice. Her friends made her sit in the sun so long, while they chatted to themselves about what to do, that she melted clean away without any of them noticing at all.
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Notes:
1. Written on July 5th, 2019
2. When it was very hot
3. I imagine
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Notes:
1. Written on August 7th, 2019
__________There was a sailor who, while drunk, went out to sea, where he lost control of his boat, and he lost control of his bowels.
But the truth of his story was that claiming drunkenness was merely an attempt to lessen his shame.
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Notes:
1. Written on June 26th, 2018
__________i keep writing
these poems
in 4/3/4
i don’t know why
but my brain
just will not stop
configuring
all my thoughts
into this form
tiny little
faux haiku
drifting away
a cloud of thought
barely formed
a ghost of words
miniaturised
groups of sounds
shorn of meaning
so anyway
here they are
you have been warned
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#1:
no one loves me
even though
i think they should
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#2:
i cannot breathe
with your hand
upon my heart
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#3: (a dream)
the octopus
grips my arm
like a lost child
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#4: echo
a delicate
dust shadow
revelation
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#5: autobiography #1
i spent a pound
on some sweets
and ate them all
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#6: unanswered question
what difference
would it make
if i smiled
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#7: remembrance of shaves gone by
i keep looking
at the blood
trickling away
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#8: self realisation
what is the point
of all this
with no-one here
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#9: autobiography #2
watched the football
it was shit
yet i’ll watch more
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#10: lunch
this glass of milk
has a fly
dying in it
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#11:
i don’t feel well
anymore
and nor do you
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12: yes
i am having
a breakdown
in poetry
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#13: autobiography #3
it was busy
in the park
i ate some chips
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#14: it is happening again
its so windy
all the bins
blew down the road
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#15:
his twitter posts
came and went
and went and went
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#16: email
it’s possible
i missed it
not ignored it
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#17: book #1
the book was good
i liked it
i read some more
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#18: book #2
Thus Were Their Faces
was the book
i was reading
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#19: book #3
its title
did not quite fit
breaking all the rules
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#20: autobiography #4
covered in ink
from leaking
cheap broken pens
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#21:
I was offered
kind advice
Frightened, I ran
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#22:
sometimes i try
to escape
the bounds of space
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#23: autobiography #5
my headphones fell
on the floor
they were alright
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#24:
wasting my time
as if it
means anything
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#25: autobiography #6
the plastic bags
jellyfished
across the park
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#26: FIN
if i could die
it would be
quite the relief
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Notes:
1. Written between 6th and 8th August, 2019
2. It’s okay I’ve stopped now
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Notes:
1. Written August 7th, 2019
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