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So, a good while back, I got really, really dumped. In part because I didn’t see it coming, but mostly because he did it by stopping by my apartment with an iced coffee and saying “I think I need to wrap this up.”
The tough thing about writing about this…
i do this a lot
I saw a man at the beach yelling “Help, Shark! Help!”
I just smiled, cos I knew that shark wasn’t going to help him.
she said
she said
somethingbut i’m not sure
which is to say:
that
i wasn’t listeningyou see,
it’s hard to hear
anythingwhen you can
look at her
instead
haha, thanks, pal! if you need any more frivolous sentiment just send ‘em on in!
into the night
into this fight
beyond the light
and out of sightcome down the dark
and winding path
we’ll see the trees
and all the seaswe’ll float above,
sometimes
beyondwe’ll walk across
the frickin’ pondfollow me,
it’s for the best
and afterwards
you can rest
some guy
is a fool
wanting things
that cant happen
that aren’t realno matter
how much he tries
it’ll never beno matter
how many times
he says
‘i love you’
she’ll never hearhis words
just do not carryand, i’m pretty sure
natalie portman
is married anyway………..
this was a belated request for skinnyjeansandheadshots.
if you have any poems you need written by a drunk and or sleepy person. send me a message.
What’s round and sounds like a trumpet?
A crumpet
By Kevin Shaw
From the show broadcast on 21st November 2009
Who’s the coolest person in the hospital?
The ultrasound guy
By Sam from Glasgow
From the show broadcast on 5th December 2009
she’d pitch
and scream
and writhe
and whinebut how
d’you live
without
nails in
spine?
