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What began in 79
when your home is not
a protective shelter to dignity and heart,
where government scythes away
public voices in favour of a few,
nervous rattle of doors
closing on opportunities
for those we should cherish,
disabled now disenfranchised
workless sanctioned and berated
for just existing,
statistics and targets
media fodder,
minimum wage hunter gatherers
chasing food bank trails
as rent arrears accumulate,
things are getting brighter
economy booming,
so some say
a cautious tale of cynicism
is needed to chew on this pill
of crushed realisations,
we have awoken
but not awake
written in response to the Conservatives taking victory in the elections and Cameron claiming power again
home
mersey moonlight and shine
across the hills
to river dee,
wind whispers
in the trees and grass,
of park
and shipyard sinew,
bricks of sweat and toil,
urban sprawl,
where smugglers coins
fell to sand,
lighthouse flickers
seen by little eye,
sandstone tremors
and gentle veil of mist,
i feel home
cradled by the lake
and shivering masts
of a yachting few
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a not so barren rock
my mersey spine
back and tail
to my wirral home,
breathing over welsh hills
with ebb n flow of dee,
ferry lights
liver city waterfront,
this place so green and urban
has a pull
that lingers
to those toiling at sea
or travelling afar,
landscape pulls you back,
thors stone
lighthouses on the shore,
sandstone peninsula
of ancient times,
from road or motorway
distinctive in it’s way
born from the hundred,
Wirral
it stands
this place
my home
Charles Bukowski – The House
THE HOUSE
from “All’s Normal Here” – 1985
They are building a house
half a block down
and I sit up here
with the shades down
listening to the sounds,
the hammers pounding in nails,
thack thack thack thack,
and then I hear birds,
and thack thack thack,
and I go to bed,
I pull the covers to my throat;
they have been building this house
for a month, and soon it will have
its people…sleeping, eating,
loving, moving around,
but somehow
now
it is not right,
there seems a madness,
men walk on top with nails
in their mouths
and I read about Castro and Cuba,
and at night I walk by
and the ribs of the house show
and inside I can see cats walking
the way cats walk,
and then a boy rides by on a bicycle
and still the house is not done
and in the morning the men
will be back
walking around on the house
with their hammers,
and it seems people should not build houses
anymore,
it seems people should not get married
anymore,
it seems people should stop working
and sit in small rooms
on 2nd floors
under electric lights without shades;
it seems there is a lot to forget
and a lot not to do,
and in drugstores, markets, bars,
the people are tired, they do not want
to move, and I stand there at night
and look through this house and the
house does not want to be built;
through its sides I can see the purple hills
and the first lights of evening,
and it is cold
and I button my coat
and I stand there looking through the house
and the cats stop and look at me
until I am embarrased
and move North up the sidewalk
where I will buy
cigarettes and beer
and return to my room.
Charles Bukowski’s home DeLongpre Avenue
Gyorgi Petri – Night Song Of The Personal Shadow by Jim Clark (2011)
the wicked binds tightly
a house wreathed with cobwebs
and love letters turned to mud
behind unwashed curtains
and one last ticking clock,
creaking thunder and a rising breeze,
chance sat on the shoulders of the couple
who hand in hand
washed in rain,
where rings of secret words whispered,
blinked as if stardust clung to eyelids
afternoon fragrance of apples
from nearby orchard
ripe waiting to be picked
and placed in basket,
within those walls he saw them
bite flesh letting juice
run over lips as they embrace,
but they would share with a nest
of memories and swept away brutality,
no stars would shine inside,
and it would be clever to reside
with those ghosts without rest
Wordle 129
in lovers eyes
buttoned down eyes
struggle to open,
sunbeams poured into the bowl
milk a cold half empty vessel,
we have drained each other,
scuffed table thread scratches
did we need electric lights
or the cigarettes not lit,
crackle of another star dying,
limbs bare
outside sirens call,
no matter what others think
there where wolves in the wood
warning voices raise to the moon,
yet as frail apes
we still smoked,
coffee forgotten got drunk
mornings so hard to translate,
she wished to the height of man
and i looked down,
clutter of the everyday pushed
aside as we made love again,
and know that nature will save
us
when the vulnerable fall
laughter in the hollow of her throat
as moon breaks the body,
ribbon eyelids flutter under kiss
his fingers touched auburn hair
that fell over sand pillows
spent and tired bones felt broken,
dreams have a bold voice
to those who need the warmth
he knelt beside with longing
for her to be more than a long rapture,
kissing her ankle
against his lips no cold tremor
she was all confession and truth to him,
her heart soft as an apricot
picked from behind a breast
he the only one,
his words of struggle
the urge to thrive and live in this world
or find solace in the next,
beyond borders of another land
she is from within
listening through ears
whispered on each morning,
after a long shower she dressed
under his gaze
sovereignty of eyes made her feel not
alone,
she had honor and resilience
no longer that awkward shy girl
from a minnesota school,
her hand felt his harden on hers
to be there farewell until later,
she felt no shock on leaving the house
no irony or weariness
bag slung over shoulder
walking to the bus,
catching smiles of men who wanted to
possess,
a word she heard that made her smile
infidels
she was now a vessel
returning to the mall
that very mall she worked a beauty salon
for minimum wage,
today would be her immortal day
memory and history would find a place
for her,
her soul had a message to be given to the
world,
and with a single bomb she would carry it
This topic is difficult and in somber mood has to be aired that any country terrorism can come from any angle not just foreigners and immigrants as some areas of the media like to point out, sometimes as seen here in England it is the young and impressionable no job or low income find they have become fed up and to want act , react against what they see is against them be it family or government and others can prey on them influence them not saying this happens in all cases as you have extremists everywhere in religion or politics the thing is the message has to be conveyed that we are community all of us the world has shrunk and we must care more to prevent such horrific acts of mindful violence it sounds simplistic but is there a perfect answer i hope so one day
union horses on the interstate
behind hood and dashboard
his mind with hers
still rested in the ninth house,
blacktop travelling at interstate speed,
control firm,
music loud not slight,
with a long sigh pressed her head against
him,
often as companions traveled
now had a quest,
possessions as much as they where
poured into the trunk to be sorted on
arrival,
unwind as you will from society,
be bold in the colors
your heart has started to wear,
those who are skeptical
will not understand,
that beyond that frontal lobe threshold
lies a dense form
filled with thought and the saturate
of free will,
no alexander sword could cut
the feeling
each blow opposed,
red paint reflects those horses and riders
galloping along side with defined stride,
the future lies in the echoes
of the smile
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