I Have Fallen Over Me and You
self awareness
often,
isn’t that self aware
and that generation –
often do not care
simple and true
i have fallen over me and you
often,
i am a self made tool
a hapless planner
lost in overtly complex rules
i have fallen over me and you
self awareness
often,
is not that self aware
the puffed out faces
of the angry people
caught in their tabloid words
confused by a world
they feel no longer works
but i am true,
at least to my self awareness
but life,
it’s tumble down and precarious
James Garratt – Tuesday 16th May 2023
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I Have Fallen Over Me and You – Written Tuesday 16th May 2023 (Aged 48)
The Boy Behind The Glasses. Poetry and Writing 
Such an interesting piece, strongly worded. I enjoyed the repitition – it really drives the message home.
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Thank you – the title is a bit of a red herring – it’s about lots of things really 🙂 🙂
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Okay, you got me here. Had to ask the almighty Google what “red herring” means, because I was pretty sure you did not mean fish. 😀 Never heard that before! 🙂
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Is there a German equivalent ?
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Hmmm… “Finte” or “Ablenkungmanöver” comes closest I think… Those words must look strange to you. 😉
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Yes they do 🙂
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🙂
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But that’s okay :). I can’t speak any other languages sadly. I have a best friend who lives in Vienna and that’s my closest sort not quite German link.
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Aside from English, I do not speak any other languages either. Dabbled a bit in French and Spanish, but they did not sit with me, really. So English it is for me.
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