Friday, 10 January 2025
Leah
I flutter ike a scarecrow,
as dance comes upon me,
imagine when the wind blows,
don't need a cross to perch,
my only demand is honesty,
measure distance avoid lurch,
sometimes worry how I know,
thinking only of the seed,
how its scattered and thrown,
will it always hurt,
never to go gently,
the same is said in church,
even if my hopes are torn,
deep within directly,
hope still fills my bones,
much bigger than my shirt,
put it down to destiny,
this field amidst the dirt,
saints pray quietly.
Thursday, 9 January 2025
Kylie
She starts to gently croon,
join me in my cradle,
life goes by too soon,
the difference is the dollar,
she builds a spending frame,
twirling sipping vodka,
no note of impending doom,
all my friends are sane,
nothing to suggests ruin,
who will feel her collar,
they're now beyond shame,
playing lottery rollovers,
what passes for the truth,
won't resist the rain,
she ties to stays aloof,
who among us is bothered,
she cries the baby's name,
laughs away her troubles,
isnt it all a game ?
Wednesday, 8 January 2025
foolscap
Foolscap
play the the fool,
they know of your plight,
say what they can't do,
you try to condone,
all cards marked,
you're not that far,
just down the freeway
Jan
Fling that watch away,
you always look too much
fallen like a snowflake,
dont go and stand alone,
rage against the rush,
cry under winter's dome,
nothing's more to say.
make this brief time flash,
before they drive him away,
he'll find his life boned,
in a cold second stretch.
all those summer's gone,
they know about your state,
the sky's a common touch,
it offers a kindly face,
he leaves without a stone,
your house is nothing plush,
books and music do console,
the pain is nothing such.
Tuesday, 7 January 2025
Indy
Smoking a lucky star,
chasing numbers,
going kicks the door ajar,
right from the start,
dreaming and bewildered,
she bumped a bar,
the same calendar,
my Da says he wonders,
jail will tear her apart,
then she bought a car,
wheels that thundered,
laughs to see her park,
ten years after my ma,
i still hear her laughter,
from the Apple and afar,
she had a great heart,
but all got bungled,
didn't hear a truck's horn,
love always hungers.
Monday, 6 January 2025
Harriet
I'll smell like an ashtray,
Robin Camilla or Stevie,
if I let them habitate,
inside my dreams,
they'll cut my wires,
deep as a coal seam,
let them go on their way,
someone then will realise,
what I want to say,
listening to their schemes,
all the old talk's ire,
brushes a cackle of leaves,
hung beneath December's days,
mouthing being free,
makes me whisper God's sake,
run beside the icy sea,
dance the tingling tide,
that's where I want to be,
riding on the sky.
Sunday, 5 January 2025
Gracie
you're a fool to go away,
the cafe'where i keep,
guard to burn the flame,
Ice and blue skies
colors all my eye sweep,
distances other why's,
you had nowhere to go
a leather coat for sleep,
dancing year of the blow,
the time your da died,
set his pigeons free,
the symbol of their line,
Liverpool under snow,
geese rise from the fields,
my hair appears to grow,
white on one side,
sloping, honking, blowing,
into a New Year's flight,
struggle to keep it going,
am I lucky just at ease,
standing in the combing,
calling on the breeze.
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