Long Automat Poems

Phobias
	A Bluto is not that Disney dog
	It was when a mewling 
	that I would scream 
	Should they wet my body
	And then apply cream
	
	Ablutophobia – fear of bathing, washing, or cleaning
	
	Achluo the demon that lurks
	In darkened...

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Inspired by the painting Automat by Edward Hopper in 1927.

The painting shows a lone woman sat at automated restaurant table.

Viewing the painting will enhance the poem.

Centre stage yet unseen, star still observable when no longer...

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Inspired by the painting Automat by Edward Hopper in 1927.
The painting shows a lone woman sat at automated restaurant table.

Viewing the painting will make sense of the poem. I should also add that I was...

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Do I exist without shadow
Am I anything without light
He talks of my decadent glow 
Should I step out into the night

Frozen with knowledge and foresight 
No trust in words he does bestow
No doubt of love...

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Alone she sits at a table for two
In the corner bistro off Main
Cole Porter’s "I’ve Got You under My Skin"
Wafts softly throughout the room 
After hours of lingering hope 
She watches happy clients come and...

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Sadness has come to steal

The moment that time has to reveal;

Until life becomes gradually futile

With depression that creates a nil.

Words have made one to feel

The love that has long been sealed,

But the risk has brought...

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Deep in thought
At the table she sits
A cup in her hand
Her silence emits

She sits and stares
Into the coffee cup
Should there be someone with her
Or did he stand her up

This picture by Hopper
The Automat
He's captured quite...

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