Category: Wonderings
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Motherfuckers
It is not too strong a title. Mother, agency of wide renown, have launched a charity raffle. How nice, you think – what about that is motherfuckery? The raffle is for people who want a placement at Mother. They give a minimum of £10 to Children in Need and get chucked in a pot for…
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What’s Important
I figured out how to figure out something. I was trying to list what was important to me in my life. I struggled to give the things high-level names. But then I just started listing the things themselves that are important, and that helped me work out the feels. Writing my weekly post for Yell…
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Death Watch
I have a rather disturbing way of exploring my love for the man I spend my life looking at. I write poems about him being dead. I truly subscribe to the idea that you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone – so I make my mind believe he is. Maybe it’s to prepare…
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Lonely Farm
In the storm, I could hear the Bellwether sounding. Leading his flock through the ravages, Damp wool weighing down the poor beasts as they sought some sheltered place. I soothed my forehead against the cool glass And felt my spirit moving among the heathers. I saw him waiting. Lashed by rain, Resolute in the weather.…
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Shared Creation
A lovely thing happened yesterday: a charming man contacted me to show me a painting he’d done after reading one of my poems. Isn’t that just what the internet is FOR? Here it is: Douglas Didyoung There is a tree in this world that knows my name. It breathes in my nightmares and stalks my…
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