White Lines and Black Rhymes
Extracts and first drafts of my in libro processio volume of poetry, "White Lines and Black Rhymes". The recurring themes are that of drug culture, mental illness, poverty and, ultimitely, freedom.
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Wallflowers
A poem of sentimental voyeurism.
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Graffiti on the Wheelie-Bin
A darker portrait of my hometown.
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Imperial Fiddlesticks
Love and who we really are on nights when our inescapable poverty is relentless.
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Death by Barbiturate
A snapshot of a volatile and lethal relationship. Like Bonnie and Clyde but in the Scottish rainpour.
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The Songbird Shies from Yesterday's Sorrow
The agony of fearing one's past on a daily basis.
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Pots & Pans and the Last Romantics
Kitchen sink melodrama.
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I Laugh...
I Laugh... I laugh at the cats mewing into the abyss I laugh at the alley-ways decorated in piss I laugh at the birds cooing high in the park trees I...
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Alice's Adventures on Temazepam
Alice never made it out of the rabbit-hole.
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Biscuit Tin Blues
"Baked to Perfection".
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The Valentine Ruin
A new life in the old ruin.
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