Saturday 8 October 2011

Post-Its


Post-Its
(good morning world, this is how I feel today)

London apologies:
"Sorry mate." "Sorry love."
Drunk on a rollercoaster:
"It'd be an experience!"
What I said was:
"I hate rollercoasters, but for you…"
What I meant was:
"I love you."

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Russia: Eurovision oppression
Jan Palach
Burning man for the modern age
Gives a whole new meaning to
Petrol power.

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I watch soap operas because
I find out what happens in them, and then
Next day, discuss with my friends
My friends
My real soap opera friends.

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"I'll give you a necklace," he said.
"Oh no, please don't," polite.
They never mention that 'to necklace'
Is 'to kill', these days
More burning men for the modern age
Bringing new meaning to
'Petrol power', and
'Fuel prices'
Kevin Carter clicks a shutter
Bang Bang Blessings.

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Standing in the rain
Trying to be cool
Little boy falls off his bike
Mother picks him up by the armpits
Girl runs to cross the road
Before the cars come.

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James sleepwalking to my door:
"Where'd everyone go?"
"What?"
"Where'd everyone go?"
"James, are you asleep?"
"Mm."
"Go back to bed, yeah?"
"Okay."

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Jewellery given to me by a friend
Who lives in a Communist state
Tribal visions and partitions

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We remain in the crash together
You and I
Me and the book and the pen
You and the three of us
One full nuclear family
You
Hold me when the words don't come
And shield me when they do
And you read tirelessly.

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Reality:
Where your imagination does not live.


from my bedside table, 2007-2009.

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