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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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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i didn’t get rid
of that cracked cup
because i know
one day from the tap
will drip a quantum of poison
& said cup will be handy
let me not drift in convenience
let me not fall asleep
while concrete is melting
& the stylus is charging
i didn’t get rid
of that cracked hope
because i know
one day from the news
will beam a quantum of light
& said hope will be handy
let me not sink in clamour
let me not fall asleep
while trust is hardening
& a stylus is charging
by TETIANA ALEKSINA
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nothing but regret
is this how we truly are
i think i feel us
enclasped in this tested life
have you forgotten to breathe
today was better
but we’re so very old now
grief soaken eyes now
has pain dimmed your sight
trauma lines your folded bones
the horizon’s dreams
banish away sun’s last light
can we forgotten aright
today was better
but you’re so very cold now
closed soaken eyes now
by TONY SINGLE
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a husk sat in dusk
looked for traces of itself
a husk raised its voice
wailed to return to the soul
of you me they she & we
but the ground was wax
& the sky so deaf & bronze
war had melted them
by TONY SINGLE
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unbolt me 