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The Credit Crunch
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At ten fifteen in the morning
a man washes up.
He wears a white tracksuit
with two black stripes...
My Love
Farewell, the scorching hours of light that left
this charcoal skin, the hollow shell of breath
my love, your grasp is firm as your love past,
you ask me not to look, and not to go...
I
I fell.
I explored the depth, the endless flesh of you
I opened myself, becoming two
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Labour of Love
My blood my tattered privacy on the floor, an eruption
Of me. Bursting through my torn body which tearlessly wept
Raped by the tools which saved us. You came
Reluctantly, silently...
Such Sweet Sorrow
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Long after she had given him
Her last polo
She started to feel empty inside.
She realised that in that rounded, minty treat...
Far from the rapids
Wrapped in love for you
In the quiet morning
When only the birds hear my call
Comforting as rocking chairs...
Lovers Old Clothes
Lovers long leap
From faith to folly...
We Will Remember
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What is by your side is never appreciated fully until it is gone,
One does not think about the joy that’s beside him,
But when that thing goes, that person will realise
That...
Tryst
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This poem does not stand before you.
Au contraire -
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Your Letter Sees Me Through
Letter From Mum:
To My Dearest Family,
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