A Shroud of Disease
...There is an ominous report in our land,
A shroud of disease heavy looms over us,
We’ve been anaesthetized and limp hangs our hands,
No one can escape by plane, train, car or bus.
Do not leave y...
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Categories:
anaesthetized, anxiety, community, conflict, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
Out Cold
...OUT COLD
out cold ground floor
afflicted by calm daze
above beating chants dance
ample basic canvas draped
out cold ground floor
abridged dreams cross doubts
across blinds careless...
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Categories:
anaesthetized, eulogy,
Form: ABC
Broken Reflection
...Silent persistence peeling skin from bone
With undamaged precision
Easing an imperceptible knife into flesh
Exposing a fragile heart
Stripped with naked vulnerability
Surrendering willingly to anaest...
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Categories:
anaesthetized, life, lost love, pain,
Form: Free verse
The Hospital Trilogy Part Two - Asylum Daze
...This joke has worn thin, it’s a membrane of gauze
which insulates feelings and never gives pause
to express the frustrations, self hatred and fear
of existence defined by lung-blood and beer.
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Categories:
anaesthetized, death, health, life, on
Form: Rhyme