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Save The Last Dance For Me

Posted on September 20, 2013 by odeboyz
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Twin Towers

Posted on August 13, 2013 by odeboyz

Here I now lie with freedom’s wings To dream no more of selfish things No care of life’s short loves or sorrows No more tomorrow’s fears or tears To burden now, these different years… Planned in the great – great … Continue reading →

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War: Part Three

Posted on July 2, 2013 by odeboyz

Anonymous murder: Bombers do what bombers do Casually destroying, casually killing Upturned puzzled faces in roofless trenches Soldiers blown to smithereens from above. Anonymous slaughter: Engineers do what engineers do Bombs scattering down, innnocents’ disintegrate, Cities cratered, re- shaped, revealed. … Continue reading →

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Just A Box

Posted on June 25, 2013 by odeboyz

A carved rosewood box Origin unknown Delicate- intricate, Small as a tea caddy. The box open Retains still exotic aromas In its teak lining… smells of a world, Where nimble fingers slaved To serve a Shahib. The box master Frail, … Continue reading →

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War: Part Two

Posted on June 21, 2013 by odeboyz

(Chris)

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Anguish

Posted on June 18, 2013 by odeboyz

Year by year anguish consumes me, Defeating the drift into hazy memory. Corroding my soul, weakening my spirit. You were my future now lost forever. Well- remembered anecdotes echo endlessly. My anguish is coloured scarlet Etched in molten rivers of … Continue reading →

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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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