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Yesterday

Posted on June 11, 2013 by odeboyz

Yesterday- or really it was a while ago… when I was a girl and my cheeks all aglow As a girl- in my teens It seemed young men liked to look at my dress… my thighs, my bottom and all … Continue reading →

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Chanting Money Blues

Posted on June 4, 2013 by odeboyz

Pensioner money. Immortal money. Buying love money. ‘You’re in my will’ money. Buy, buy ‘For tomorrow we die’ money. Nursing home money, cemetery money. ‘Can’t take it with you’ money: Money. Saved. Loved. Feared. Frittering money. Gambling money. Holidaying money. … Continue reading →

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Lost Hugs

Posted on May 28, 2013 by odeboyz

The sobbing girl said “I don’t do hugs.” Her ex, lost out to daring drugs No comfort accepted No other nights that led Of tangled sheets in a rumpled bed. Tears now replaced laughter Thoughts burning in every way She … Continue reading →

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Bluebells in Rannerdale

Posted on May 21, 2013 by odeboyz

Hear me shouting across a neighbour’s beauty, across you world, Across time. Forget the fells and Cumbrian Lakes. In springtime This is my call. Come flora paparazzi, Look at me, walk with me. Sense the wonder of a clouldless throng … Continue reading →

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Scenes from Elsewhere

Posted on May 14, 2013 by odeboyz

The catamite stirred in bed. He thought, “How did things turn out this way?” Smiling, a gay smile, he knew It wasn’t love. No. Definitely not love But what was it? Confidently he thought, “I’d rather be at work.” The women … Continue reading →

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Lost Ball

Posted on May 7, 2013 by odeboyz

An old house’s garden Beneath a gnarled apple tree… Lay a lonely child’s ball Lost a while ago One rainy day When George and Tony Were called in for tea Forgotten- forsaken Laughter left on the ground. Brothers, later in … Continue reading →

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War: Part One

Posted on April 30, 2013 by odeboyz

Armies march. Soldiers do what soldiers do, Soon battlefields are littered with corpses. Flocks of crows circle high above and Farmers smile, saying to each other, “Good fertilizer that.” Armies march. Generals do what generals do. Corpses pile high , … Continue reading →

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The Maggie Thatcher Quartet

Posted on April 23, 2013 by odeboyz

Thatcher: 1 So, off you popped then Milk snatcher, Union basher, Good job God forgives (Eric) Thatcher: 2 At last, elated Deserved- cremated May she suffer for her  past!!! (Mike) Thatcher: 3 Those who knew her best Brought her political … Continue reading →

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Sublimely Beautiful

Posted on April 16, 2013 by odeboyz

Sublimely beautiful, gliding through people’s lives Easy swaying of graceful hips Golden showers of hair caress her shoulders. Knowingly she bathes in peering eyes Intoxicating eyes, feeding her. Her own eyes are voids. Black holes Absorbing men and women inescapably. … Continue reading →

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Death on the Hillside

Posted on April 2, 2013 by odeboyz

I’ve become a killer, I take my gun to the hills I shoot rabbit and pheasant and at times, just the hill. The hills don’t scream, they absorb the shock, but they know I was there, they felt the knock. … Continue reading →

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