De La Soul
By mcmanaman
2013 poems.
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De La Soul
His son on his shoulders, dancing to De La Soul.
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I'm sorry for saying how much you must miss your ex-boyfriend
Once I saw a girl crying on the street
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The train to Sheringham
there can be few more pleasant commutes than this it might get a little weary but it beats those traffic jams and the Underground.
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Jed's in LA
"Stick it on the company credit card" Jed says, laughing. His cleaner is making him a sandwich while he’s on his lilo, Skyping. He’s talking to his...
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Oceans and mountains and space
You and me sitting back to back reading each other's favourite books on a piece of land equidistant from my house to yours in the garden of a church...
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Carrying an urn
Do not look down Try and relax. Do not think about what’s in that urn. Do not allow yourself to wonder what it is you’re doing. You are a weatherman...
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Driving lessons
On the morning of the funeral I saw the boy down the road get into his driving instructor’s car and I felt so sorry for him because learning to drive...
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Our daughter the terrible painter
The trouble with dreams is one day you may realise you have no talent. And what then? Take our daughter the terrible painter with plans of art...
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You don't buy furniture
You go from unfurnished house to unfurnished house rarely more than a year in each often not your fault but blame becomes less relevant with age. The...
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I wish we went on walks
I don't trust people who don't like walking they hail cabs to get from one end of a not very long road to the other and the thought of suggesting a...
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The man who sells roses
The man who sells roses has never given his girlfriend a rose. The man who used to make up bed time stories to read his little girl at bedtime now...
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I love this storm
I love this storm It’s interfering with my TV aerial Wi-fi has a walking stick and needs help crossing the road Storm clouds sob and sob the sky is...
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Giovanni's
I think that’s Giovanni outside. Texting. At a table by himself. He hoped locals would refer to this as ‘the piazza.’ There used to be a lady playing...
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Limbo
That horrible feeling of limbo is worse than rejection because you imagine that one day you will dance again.
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Police Interceptors
This is what my life is now watching Police Interceptors on Channel 5 waiting for the voiceover to tell me the driver of the runaway Audi who took...
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Little Gangs
His daughter plays basketball. She’s the captain of the under 14 team. Tonight they’re playing against the boy’s team. He didn’t know the rules when...
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This toughness
I don’t know where this toughness came from. It’s like that big jumper in the spare room no idea who left it here we sent an email after the party. “...
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