And we went to war
for nothing
and no-one
just because we could
untouched by the consequences
We gave our grandchildren guns
and told them lies
about responsibility
and duty
and honour
And we told the lies so often
we believed them ourselves
I think
even the ones about our love for them
as we pushed their boats out to sea
towards their doom
away
from ours
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Notes:
1. Written on September 6th, 2017
__________When I can talk again
I’ll call for you
When I can see again
I’ll look for you
When I can walk again
I will come for you
And when I’ve had my revenge
the crows can bury you
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Notes:
1. Written in November 2017
__________There was a boy
driving round the park
in a small
electric
car
Round and around
at a speed so slow
he’d never
be able
to escape
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Notes:
1. Written on May 1st, 2019
__________The cat
licked the tears
from my eyes
and the blood
from the hole
you left in my heart
__________
Notes:
1. Written on March 18th, 2019
__________There was blood in the garden
thick across the stepping stones
and paving slabs
echoes of a fight here last night
or the aftermath of one elsewhere
between
what?
cats
and foxes
cats
and birds
cats
and cats
or a hedgehog perhaps
dragged out of the dead leaves
beneath the bamboo
carved open
by tooth
and claw
and carried away
from this fenced-in prison
to someone else’s lair
__________
Notes:
1. Written on September 15th, 2017
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