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Part time poet, full time librarian, student of the delights of milk chocolate. Likes books, milk, paddling, poetry, scribbling, chocolate, notebooks, sea, piers. Not necessarily in that order. All work copyright cih.

Pure jeanius

To the sound of Marvin Gaye
Nick Kamen stood there buff
white boxers on display
...a generation fell in love
©cih17, 09.08.17

Birthday treat

Happy Birthday to you
In the nursing home
She sits, alone
Cocooned each day by her thoughts

Happy Birthday to you
The noises surrounding
her, ever loud din
and malodorous air fight for control

Happy Birthday to you
She sits, but won't wait
Mistress of her fate
Escape plan clutched in her fist

Happy Birthday to you
When the family arrive
(It's a very long drive)
She's off in a stupor...drunk
©cih17, 09.08.17

Ipsissimis verbis

Words can hurt as violently
As fists and knives and guns
When warrior-poets wield accurately
Their vitriol-fuelled puns
And argument hewn melodies
Sung by drunken indie bands
Become anthems for angst ridden students
Marching through the tax heavy lands
©cih17, 22:48, 06.08.17

Animal Magnetism

With tales of seduction
You sought reaction
Though magnets attract
You repulsed
©cih17, 22:37, 06.08.17