Questions

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On-line surveys feel like this.

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Questions         -         07 Sep 22

Questions asked 

Often repeated 

Boredom strikes

With a blunt instrument 

Causing maximum pain 

Without leaving a bruise 

But the pain is remembered 

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They never pay enough. 

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Wind Driven

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All these things have been happening recently. 

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Wind Driven        -       07 Dec 21

Soft 

Only felt as damp 

Wind pushes clouds

Against me 

Medium 

Rain makes everything

Wet and gets

Into my clothes 

Hard 

Sleet stings with every touch

Feels like it causes bruises 

Driven pain 

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The downside of a warmish winter.

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The Journey

Inspired, if that is the right word, by a visit to a podiatrist seven miles away.





The Journey  -  07 Sep 17

Planned

But

With unexpected results

A hint of rain

Then the meeting failed

I returned home

With pain

The problem was that the podiatrist did not make the appointment as told me she did.

Turning Screw

This poem was birthed in response to events in my life not going as planned.





Turning Screw  -  02 Oct 15

When something changes
Without warning
Fails
Then seems to work
So it offers a way
Then suddenly
Not
Screw in the pain





Not a pleasant thing to happen.

Epitaph

Another poem birthed in the early hours, this seems a good time for Muse to visit me - when I am most receptive to her gentle persuasions.





Epitaph - 27 Oct 10

Her voice
Quicksilver sliding
Through my mind
She touched me
Deep within
Removed my pain
But left me with a new one
I knew her
I knew I couldn't have her
The mists of time
Had already claimed her
To dance in otherwhere





A sad poem that doesn't actually refer to anyone I know personally; it was triggered by listening to lovely music sung by a beautiful woman who is no longer incarnate.