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"You see this smile Betty? It's not really a smile.. it's the lid on a scream." - Bet Lynch, Coronation Street

"And the people bowed and prayed to the neon god they made." - Simon & Garfunkel (The Sound of Silence)

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A Sam Scott poem:
16th March 2025
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Neon God

Listen to poem:

I do not want a neon God
Orange bright
Flourescent pink, glowing light
For all to see
In darkest night

I'd rather have
The subtle charm
With strength to hold in every arm 
Or patient hope
And solid calm 

I do not need
The flashy stuff on garish stage 
With visuals on every page
As life rotates
Through human age 

The wisdom now
To soulful dreams
Is silence it seems 
That reveals
God's delicate schemes

The inner room
The heart space, clear
Where gratitude for every tear
Is soaked by love
Replacing fear

The worldly clamour
For my mind
The buzzing lights so unrefined
Revealed deception
Cruel, unkind

I neutralise
With heavenly truth
A mystery disguised to youth
Of settled soul. Of peaceful rhythm 
Released control

A rhyme untainted 
The ancient rule 
Of beauty unpainted so old it's cool
The teacher's in...
Not classroom school

That neon fad
That tragic shouting
From soapbox square, no crumbs for birds
Meaningless pouting
Just empty words

So I resolve to dim the bright
Pull down the shade
So that there might
Be revelation by
Internal light

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