Girl Waste Poems

Wireless switched off
memories flooding the airways 
hand on a worried shoulder
"we prepared for this".
Sentimental possessions 
letters for the beyond
"leave the keys"
crowded streets, 
face the madness
holding...

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Snowflakes fall on her corn and beans
The winter is here, so it seems
They twist and wilt and waste away
If only she would have picked them...

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She's a little girl aging nine or ten,
Short, serene, slim, with a look luminous;
Obtaining no formal education,
Possessing many a dream glorious;

At sharp five, every morning,...

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There was a girl called Polly Esther,
the fastest girl from downtown Leicester.
Pre-packaged food was her sole fare,
For healthy meals she had no care.
In the tum...

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Its easy to grow bitter while being emptied out....
If this is my calling another verse, being read ? Tearing
Indifferent pages from another's, burning book: set...

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No matter what I read
No matter what I said
The listener never stirred in bed
To all he just appeared quite dead
His eyes were always open
Yet not...

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