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Eleven strong went in to bat
When dusk was in the air,
Eleven strong did face the wall
For others had shown flair.
They'd mustered up ..
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Down her cheek there rolls a tear
Lowered eyes reflect the fear
She feels that others see the pain
She tries to hide to mask the shame.
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When I look into
the mirror
Each morning after dawn
To peruse the wrinkled skin
And slack musculature drawn,
When I snore upon the couch
Bef..
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For such is this precarious life
To have these souls haunt me so.
To have the trammels of a lifetime endured,
Re- broadcast in a rude suc..
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Whist shopping in the mall last weekTo fill the Christmas tree,A derelict old soul held outHis grubby hand to me."Spare a copper for a cuppa mate?"He ..
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Special HerobyMarshal GebbieWhen I was little I would watchClint Eastwood on the tube,Rowdy Yates from RawhideIn black and white and crude.He played a..
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Weighing brutality's candour is taxingFeeling the certainty, heavily dark,Sonorous mutterings echo in twilightWhitely, loquaciously, utterly stark.Pen..
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In the fullness of timeThe state may be reachedWhere man’s comprehension,Embedded and beached,May run the gamutOf realms unconcievedAnd bring hi..
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When you live on the wrong side of sixtyYou flirt with cold death every day,You suck sweet air in like nectarAnd you hold your breath and you pray,For..
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I felt his shadow pass me by
That friend of mine from yesteryear,
Long gone, his bones had turned to dust
But still his laugh, I seem to hear.
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