Monthly Archives: June 2021

Silence

Silence hammers at my door ‘Let me in.’ Let me in to make you Think Learn Feel Silence ushers in Forgotten joy and pain The joy is fleeting The pain lasting Like a freefalling feather Silence reaches the parts Others … Continue reading

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MONEY

I park the car, turn off the wipers, stand in the rain a while to get my bearings, then collect a trolley. You look up and nod your head half hidden in your parka’s sodden fur as the automatic doors … Continue reading

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In the beginning

In the beginning, your worth was the weight of your muscle Working the fields to be paid by the sack On your narrow strip, picking beans alongside old Charlie, and Ollie with her wide eyes squinting, and the rattle taggle … Continue reading

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