a joke is born

more bad poetry
& scribbles in the margins
ready the tissues
cue the gothic orchestra
sackcloth, keening & ashes

by TONY SINGLE
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unharbour

is this all you are
a photo cast in my wake
death by memories
my sail full of scuppered pleas
another ship lost at sea

by TONY SINGLE
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climate change

ice cube, shop tin roof
mourning’s inevitable
with dawn’s bastard sun

by TONY SINGLE
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hysteria

fie, oh fie for shame
god neglects to dry the tears
of fae, fie for shame

fain would fae grow tall
with all that dotage entail
when time doth reap all
the envigored life assail
turneth youth to rufous grail

fie, oh fie for shame
that void would swallow all tears
of fae, fie we fall

by TONY SINGLE
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do the right thing

now i see that i
add not a jot of value
shall i lay me down
let them press on with their days
fruitful afore & after

by TONY SINGLE
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