Margaret Alice Second Poems

We are leaving on holiday and Quasimodo has
taken over, my hunchback is the result of over-
eating, the mirror reveals swollen eyes and face
I ate party food the past weekend - but why do I
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Been on leave for 3 days - saw elephants, giraffes
and hippopotami in their natural state, floated in a
splash pool - like a mermaid - to escape dry heat
and even drier trees as well as grey elephant grass
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Isn't it strange - whenever tragedy strikes, like
a death in the family or of a lover, some don't
immediately consider suicide - its afterwards,
when drama is over, life regular again, when
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Our restlessly xenophobic Security Head locked
my drawers - that was in the office where he can
neither prevent nor solve crimes - so he justifies
his existence by victimising easy prey like me, a
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Acronyms: - Wonder Of The Modern Age [WOTMA, a
new one] and Bane Of My Life [BOML]; for those who
love acronyms this might sound like a bomb-shell but
looking up endless overlapping pseudo-words which
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Finally time to order my thoughts - I want to focus
on Tara, listen to her voice flowing in verse which
impresses beautifully as tonal harmony in rhythmic
melody so pure it caresses my ears - until now I'd
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Watching smudged eyebrow-lines sinking lower
below my eyes - a sultry ‘Marlene Dietrich' look
given my painted lips; I love lipstick, a thing that
makes unkempt-me look almost well-groomed, &
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After talking about my sister's Gatsby wedding
and sending my nephew inspirational quotes
on fatherhood, I'm bored - and there's a text to
translate line by line; it's warming up outside -
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Hi Kayley
Nou het ons ontmoet en ek het jou in my hart gevind
Jy is pragtig, betowerend, ek weet jy is my liefste kind
Ek wou jou in my arms neem - maar iets het my gekeer
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Tonight in the fine company of my porcelain
figurines brought to the study and ranged
around my computer amongst fine crystal
containers, the music of Nodame Cantabile
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