Childhood Fashion Poems

I pondered the patent plastic pumps
From a Chepstow market stall 
Surely with these I thought
I would be the belle of the ball

My first heels ever...

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Autumnal equinox 2022 - 
Thursday, September 22
in Northern Hemisphere 9:03 PM
Eastern Daylight Time

Empyrean découpage citadel
betokens (bespeaks) autumnal arrival
nine oh three post meridian
chariot of fire emblazons...

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When 18 Arrives
David J Walker
 

There is no greater fiction
Than living room memory
 
The Drama
	The passion 
	`	The comedy 

The stairsteps to a childhood 
	Bedroom 

Blooming...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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went out in a new outfit and car, to find I had a flat tire

 
Date Written: 8/24/2020

2 Place     When plans...

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Granules of recollection rub like salt 
Flailing in the fog of seven years ago
Deafened by incessant frog cries
Vines dangling began attaching to each other 
Drying...

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I retired gracefully, happily, knowing I could never be fully completely replaced even to this day.
I was slick, photographic, revered by so many, loved by...

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Fish in my Hair


I have a fish in my hair
Now really who would say so as I sit in my chair?
You all looking with your...

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turtles don't fear rain
they don't need red rubber boots--

built in umbrella!...

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The most important day of my whole life, 
Was the day I went to Uni, bold and stark, 
‘Cos it said to my parents that...

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The Boy from the Tail End of the Goldhawk Road

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The Boy from the Tail End of the Goldhawk Road

I was born Carl Robert Halling at...

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