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I fight for my territory A pale blue box room Even that’s taken When the guests visit A laptop My bright green bedroom So that’s all I've got Thirty years old Even from time to time I have to accept the occasional violation With gritted teeth And being absent of control My mother even opens my mail Her over protectiveness grates As does her request that I have a shave Secretly mother is lonely Aloofly dismissing any manly affection A horrible first wed My father passing away Gave her mysterious… Continue

These are the times that follow me Returning to the shelf, shattered mirror of glory The mud begins to stick As I trip at the final hurdle I remember this pain Of when the softening begins to curdle. When you scream for things to be changed Nothing does, except the comfort you had is rearranged And that the pleasures that once helped No longer fills that hole There is no prop for time Or for the fury that’s in the soul . I’m not a defeatist, I just know when I’m beat And when fresh loves polle… Continue

We are like magpies to the foil Seduced by the bright lights The clue is there for turmoil. I’m on rations and climbing the walls This wasn’t what I pictured However there were never any rules. Things are better when you can’t touch Just remember while playing kiss chase Not to ask for too much. © Daniel North

I’ve been feeling slightly disillusioned By the level of bland unthinking An undetectable ocean rises over The gift of the mind is gradually sinking. Since everything has to be brewed in an instant Technology, statistics, mankind is abandoning the pack People have pulled away the blanket before And the country just rolls over on it back. But if you followed the rags, you wouldn’t even leave the doorstep You would think that we were living an updated life of “Gunga Din” It’s even got the point… Continue

I’m so sick of pressing the keys And never getting a response The screen just keeps on freezing Along with my heart and confidence. You could cut the tension The second time makes things twice as hard While the computer just lays there Aggravated and as stiff as card. It’s not showing up that there is a virus I’ve checked the drives, even reinstalled Vista But the programs will not run naturally As the pressure raises up like a blister. I feel as if I’m the one malfunctioning I’ve worked on i… Continue