no remorse
no sorry
no, i wish things could have turned out better
Category: Poems April 2006
Confronted – Written Friday 7th April 2006 (Aged 31)
when confronted
like a weasel
you back into a corner
and blame somebody else
Another Offensive Opinion – Written Tuesday 6th April 2006 (Aged 31)
what most offended me
was the way you belittled,
his alcoholism…
as a simple symptom
of some condition
What You Say About Me (Originally Untitled) – Written Tuesday 6th April 2006 (Aged 31)
if you’d had friends
when you were sixteen
if only you had friends now
if only you’d had, ‘girly chats’
at the age when we really dream
New Shades of Grey – Written Tuesday 4th April 2006 (Aged 31)
you will never really feel
and always be,
somehow numb
the last to understand the joke
Estuary – Written Tuesday 4th April 2006 (Aged 36)
throwing a ball
to an excited dog
whose name –
appears to be tara
Scent of Your Pillow (Originally Untitled) – Written Tuesday 7th April 2006 (Aged 31)
the scent of your pillow
lingers after you have left
(Hiding the Truth) When They Grow Up – Written Tuesday 4th April 2006 (Aged 31)
this is life
and that is what you do
desperately hoping
the children will hide the truth
The Housewife Production Line – Written Tuesday 4th April 2006 (Aged 31)
another product
from the housewife production line
first invented circa 1880 or thereabouts
another product
of the, play your part brigade
Poor Imitation of Clever (Originally Untitled) – Written Tuesday 4th April 2006 (Aged 31)
or the type
they drip feed you in school
where they expect us to confirm –
to unexplained rules