Flip Aside

I don’t know myself

Although I do know

That I easily get annoyed

And that often I smile

One night in drizzle

A long way from any home

I waited for a late night bus

In a happy state of mind

One day in sunlight

Sat out on the back step

I waited, not knowing for what

In my beleaguered muddle

I don’t know myself

Although I do know

That often I smile

And that I easily get annoyed 

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Back A Life

Zodiac signs from distant times

Did you too once believe in love

On the late night bus

To the party in the field

Then along came the moment

When you felt you almost

Remembered those moments

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Labelled

Is it such a bad thing
In such a long run
To pick out one bad thing
After another

So easy to lose touch
Mostly fragile
Much too shy to say
Let bygones be

The pen now a crutch
For the clutch of sparrow-hawks
That chalk the inner walk
In place of open talk

The one bad thing
That led to another
Doubts intrinsically rose
One hope is to rediscover

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Come Back

Only if it could be said

If I could speak

With a clearer voice

I had a choice, always

But almost always

I was highly excitable

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Best Rest Yet

As if the resonance
Sounds that say
The blood is still filtered

The heart pumps to the brain
& tonight, all that is not forgotten
Can be laid to rest

As if some force or test
Surrounds our rights of way
That why with which we play

Those so dear to us, no fear
Even nearer
Doubt not, we did our best

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