Late stage of the holocene Oxys, cat and Otrivine Tyrozets and codeine Fake dead plants and benzene.
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Time and Tide
The thin transparencies of yesterday are lost in time’s relentless sea, superimposed on the images that we believe we see We walk the abstract path of time We are thrown on a one way road We stare outside in windowless rooms We cannot crack the code Time is certain and definite. Time does not exist. … Read More
Then and Never
We’d all laugh and drink and fight Fourteen, fifteen, out all night In the streets and on the park All the voices after dark That’s how it would always be Till forever you and me Now it’s all just way back when Was it so much better then Just like you say Back in the … Read More
Something is Missing
Your eyes are full of it You were sixteen Their shapes cast shadows on the stairs Your eyes are full of it Under the influence Under the stars Under the stairs Under a dark cloud Your eyes are full of it Eighteen Another fucking party, kid Every fucking day We drank all the beer and … Read More
Shadows in the Doorways
At seventeen you think That things will all work out Clear nights and alcohol There’s no-one else about And all along I knew It wouldn’t be okay Making conversation With nothing left to say I’m free to run away And make a brand new start Maybe I’ll save my feelings But I’m breaking someone’s heart … Read More
Seer’s Walk
Already drunk at half past eight You told me to sit and wait At seventeen I’d seen it all I laughed back when you said you’d call The messages that no-one sends All my friends and these dead ends I’ve seen the truth in just desserts Negotiating my reserves And all the cons I sought … Read More
Pieces
No-one left to hear the things you say No-one left to play the games you play No-one left to save you when you fall out with yourself It’s just one bad decision away
On a Sunday
It’s nice to have someone To lie in bed with On a Sunday When you’re coming down Watch the Eastenders omnibus Try to eat your Sunday dinner Unsuccessfully The afternoon sun Pours in through the gaps in the blinds Oh, it’s nice to have someone To lie in bed with On a Sunday When you’re … Read More
Oliver and Valentine
Afternoons in half-lit roomsDusty sideboards, itchy coatsMincemeat and apostle spoonsAnd being at each others’ throatsThe master of your own demiseYou’ll never get your way back whenSpite and money, plastic liesSuky, take it off againLight the candles, say your prayersHow things used to glow and shineNo-one listens, no-one caresOliver and Valentine Years ago and years awaySmile … Read More
November Afternoon
November afternoonIn my head it’s still mid Juneand tomorrow’s coming soonNot this dreary afternoon Amazing how it feelslike I never left that placeA place I once belongedEchoes of a song Your life as you would tell itHanging on the wallAll the frames and memoriesAnd you lived through it all The title of your picture:‘Autumn 1985′A … Read More