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Children are Fundamentalists

Children are literalists,
fundamentalists.

When they hear
“You’re filthy and you stink!”
the younger they are,
the less likely to hear as a mature adult might,
“You have a sour smell on you.
Please go bathe,
and use some soap and...

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Categories: soapy, health, love, peace, philosophy, political, poverty, power,
Form: Prose Poetry

Chapter 153-- DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLANNYA: The Things That FAMILIES DO

Date:   April  2051
Damian Molly Continuation 
Dolly and Molly had a plan to complete 
Their exploration before the trip home
In another two days, Molly reported 
This to Damian. As they comforted
Each other in...

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Categories: soapy, africa, allusion,
Form: Prose

Innocent Elevator

As I hover over the darkened room, I wonder how I have gotten here. Did I die, was I 
dead? That was the only explanation I could think of for my disembodiedment. But 
concentration was...

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Categories: soapy, allusion, child, death, evil, sorrow, truth, violence,
Form: Prose

Wash Your Hands

Wuhan flu of twenty twenty was it a biochemical warfare attack
was it because someone in China was hungry for a raw bat
Without warning the world, China let it spread far and wide
was China silent for...

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Categories: soapy, poems, recovery from,
Form: Rhyme

Does This Gun In My Mouth Make Me Look Suicidal?

guilty war pigs with nowhere to hide
the shame of a nation that doesn't try
the obsession of bad to the bone
does this gun in my mouth make me look suicidal

no
not at all

die for the cause of...

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Categories: soapy, businessdeath, me, war, autumn, death, me, war,
Form: Free verse

Pulling

You kept pulling us apart and driving us out into the dark; you kept pulling us apart when you knew that you have gotten it wrong from the start. 

You kept pulling us apart when...

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Categories: soapy, betrayal, confidence, dedication, deep, encouraging, endurance, flying,
Form: Narrative

A Shower of Sediment

In such a whimsical action 
a half-asleep routine 
shaped disrobed and left stark naked
this vehicle, this housing, a shell
scarred skin, greying hair, bones, muscle 
and more besides with plenty of stories to tell.
Awash with collected...

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Categories: soapy, blessing, imagination, nature, poetry, pollution, river, water,
Form: Prose Poetry

Canvey Island Summers 1951-1957

Each time my Auntie Rosa went to shop in the High Street,
She’d bring us back a pink-iced bun; it was our special treat.
We’d take them up to Grandad’s (we preferred to eat them there)
We’d scoff...

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Categories: soapy, childhood, nostalgiahouse, old, garden, house, old,
Form: Narrative

Musings of a Girl In a Very Strange Place

In every home
there is a place
That is always forgotten,
Is it
Festering with ants
Or
Inhabited by gnomes?

I don't know what goes on
There
In every
Cranny and nook.
And perhaps I never will ever
Know.
But the the buried corner feels like a song
Without...

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Categories: soapy, beauty, childhood, children, confusion, fantasy, girl, growing
Form: Free verse