Bleary Eyed Romantics – Written Sunday 28th August 2005 (Aged 30)

Bleary Eyed Romantics

bleary eyes romantics –
taking vitamin pills
drinking half baked drinks
reading books on cheap frills
sorry faced –
lizard like children
smoking fifty dollar bills
the world has gone to pot
feed me a dream –
for the worlds ills
sodden little men –
in yellow plastic coats
building a sticklebrick castle
that just won’t float
timber faced engineers
sniggering to their friends
on solid,
fried and diced,
blind eye fear
lost couples in a sea of wine
television junkies for the tabloid spot
saving from time to time
waiting till it’s hot
we all move from parlour to pantry
counting what we have got




James Garratt – Sunday 28th August 2005


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