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Resilience and the Lady

1st October 202025th October 20201 Comment on Resilience and the Lady

You said I was resilient, and you smiled; I never understood quite what you meant, but thought it was inside me, deeply furled, then one day I looked inwards, and saw nothing.   You had made me think I was a hero, a modified St George without a sword You told me I had courage…

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Dead Toad

18th November 201925th October 2020Leave a Comment on Dead Toad

Dead toad on the roadWhere were you going?Who did you hope to meetWhen everything stopped? Toad you are forgottenNo-one mourns youWhat spawn you have begottenThink not of you.

Frog

17th November 201925th October 2020Leave a Comment on Frog

Frog, your legs were long, symmetrical and braveAnd also deadYour arms were crossed across your breastYou looked at rest. What creature killed you, Frog,And left you there?A sacrificed amphibianOn a cold, stone stair.

Sour

12th November 201925th October 2020Leave a Comment on Sour

My mind is souredLike pickles caught in teethLingering past the tasteAnd spreading doubt.I hate the cloak I wearOf clinging knowledgeI hate the doubts I feelAnd they are me and youAnd you.No longer do I taste of milkFresh and sweet and pureMy thoughts are long fermented.I will never know quite whereBut the road to deathIs paved…

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