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Why giving up is good for you

 

Joanna Barry

Friday, September 23, 2011

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A strange paradox today's news presents;

The dilemma of looking like a…

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Sometimes, mother and son,

Danced and played,

Sang songs and did some ridiculous things

That give most mothers those angelic wings.



Her promised treat for supper in the oven lay,

Sending little swirls of smoke

to gently announce that it was done.



Then he came home and added to the heat.

Perhaps, the unfortunate corner that I chose to hide

Brought the echoes of their ravings and ranting too close.

Resounding, even as I crouched and covered my… Continue

The sun slips into the dark embrace of the night

Softly and silently without remorse.



Between their satin sheets, legs entwine in a passionate play.

The winds picks up the murmur of sweet nothings and orgasmic sighs

and gently rest them at my window.



I toss on the wide expanse of my own bed,

Pretending to ignore the fantasy

That unfolds in my mind.



Then anger swells at my loneliness.

Silence sniggers in the room;Staring out of dark… Continue

Strange how one day-an hour-a minute

And a silly old countdown changes the equation:

 

Growing older by a year I’m not necessarily wiser,

The numerical increase in the count of my anniversaries

Doesn’t necessarily make them sweeter.

My children, though technically older,

Are not necessarily mature or independent.

 

The leftovers in my fridge

Have crossed the safest use by date.

The unpaid bills for the month of…

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How cruel can life be

To place in my path

Deliberate reminders of what I do not have!



I suffer the suffocating longing of the seemingly impossible,

Each day I see you smile in gay abandon.

And feel the irony sink in like a hot knife on a slab of butter.



You are not smiling at me- I know-

Just wish you would!



But life has a different trial for me at this moment.

Perhaps it tests the flight of the arrow

This confident archer cast… Continue

As always, delusions of chastity and purity,

Gripped those laden with new age bibles.

The poor and the dying looked on longingly

As bags of rice piled up on the floor.

 

Beside the door, the missionary van reversed to spill

A thousand free copies of Gideon's bible  near the door.

"Here it is the Word of the Lord!"

She gushed, unable to control her own feverish pitch.

"HE is the ONE that saved all our souls from…

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I watched him from a distance......



The plastic smile and the extra wide bonhomie

Looking too real for comfort!

He flashed a practised smile,

Shuffled some papers,

Looked officious and

Tried his best to do it by the book!



The poor unfortunate other

Tried his best to look calm,

Put on his bravest cheer

In this never ending minute of great despair.



They exchanged pleasantries,

Spoke highly of mutual virtues

and embraced all the… Continue

I miss my father too!

I wish when he was alive

He could have told me he always missed me too.

 

It's a pity that he never heard me drop

the words that hung out of my lips

But evaporated in the heat of the harsh sun.

 

 

The past is like an iceberg in the sun,

Chunks of my life have been lost

In unending rivulets that stained and streaked

The shirts of those that understood.

 

But nothing can…

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In the heat of all your own passions

Don’t forget, my friend,

To tend to your own garden too.

 

For when your road must come to an end

On looking back, you shouldn’t find

That weeds have overrun the seeds

That you had sown with such tender love and care.

 

What good is it then

If closer home your saplings lie burnt

In the scorching heat of your daily obsessions,

But further afield lie the Edens of your…

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A faceless Judas betrayed me-

Left me standing in the dock

Over a comment made in the heat of a moment.

I was no Jesus so I could not tell it was to happen.

What was your trade in silver?

Faceless- I'm shooting silver bullets in the dark.

When you stuck your knife in deep,

Did you rehearse my burial?

I'm alive you know!

The caged wounded lion is sometimes…

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The ambulance glides to a halt

Flashing lights form strange shadows

On surrounding window panes

of blinded, anxious neighbours.

 

Uniformed-They step out in frightening unison,

Armed the genii of  medical marvels'

and rush in through the open door.

 

Inside, inert-gasping on the floor

lies one in the throes of the final…

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