defeat was every corner,
whichever way I took.
It started with a blood test;
you know the type
where you have to starve yourself
for twelve hours.
The one where they can test
your cholesterol.
It wasn’t until I got there I found
there was two test you can have.
One you can’t eat anything
and with the other one you can
I was down for the latter
and I didn’t know.
I starved myself
only to find I didn’t need to.
Then I changed my Internet Supplier
and had problems one after the other.
The day was beginning
to look like another total disaster.
The more I tried,
the worse it got.
Eventually after a lot of trial and error
and almost pulling out my hair.
The problems resolved themselves
when it was time to go to bed.
Tomorrow can only get better,
I say with fingers crossed.
12 March 2008

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was my breath in front of me.
Dawn had awoken
without the sun,
just a bone freezing wind.
I decided my best option
was to stay were I was,
after all it was my day off.
I got up long enough
to put the kettle one,
made myself some cereals
and a very hot drink.
Then scurried back to bed.
I had a breakfast in bed
made by myself.
In bed, I was going to stay
for another two hours or more
as I had nothing really to get up for.
22 March 2008

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but all I saw was grey skies
as far as the eyes could see.
Another day of rain,
tumbling from the heavens above.
What happened to the sunshine,
the weatherman forecast for today?
It obviously forgot to come out,
and bless us with its warmth,
so we could all go out,
and into the garden to play.

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a wonderful sight.
Jack Frost had been around
and everything was white.
It might have been cold,
but I didn’t care.
You could see your breath
freezing in the morning air.
Out came the scraper
to get the frost of the car,
still it was a wonderful sight
seeing Jack Frost’s handy work
and everything white.

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When I put my slippers on
my left foot went in the right
and my right foot went in the left,
with my feet pointing outwards
instead of inwards as they normally do.
20 May 2008

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I felt like a prisoner
with invisible bars surrounding me.
There seemed no way to escape
the torment that I feel.
My life seems to be forced
by some unwanted guiding hand.
Every move I make
is scrutinised very carefully,
no freedom of choice can be made.
My life never seems to be my own.
A shadow of despair
hangs over me like a angry cloud,
it follows me wherever I go,
complains if I do things
that are not what they would do.
It’s like being a prisoner
with a warder constantly at your side.
You cannot even breathe
without them being there.
Life has become stifled and stolen,
and there is little you can do.
You wish you could go back,
change a few things if you could,
but you cannot and so you go on.
Feeling like a prisoner
with invisible bar surrounding you.
22September 2008

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as she put on my suit.
Sounds a bit wacky,
but it happened that way,
and this all occurred
because a fairy sprinkled
magic dust in our hair.
We were arguing how hard
both our lives were
when a fairy suddenly appeared
and sprinkled magic dust in our hair,
and then she told us our roles
would reverse in the morning.
She then disappeared
within a blink of an eye.
My wife went to my job,
while I did hers
with neither of us knowing
how long this spell would last.
The first couple of days
went quite well
as we settled ourselves
into a routine.
By the weekend though,
we wanted our own roles back.
However, the fairy never
reappeared to break the spell.
It all started
to look a bit grim
and we both wished
we had never asked for it.
A second week began
with both of us looking
as miserable as sin,
when there came a knock on the door.
Opening it there stood the fairy,
but now she had no wings.
She came in mumbling
and tossed her hands in the air.
Fairy dust flew this way and that
as she passed around the room
mumbling strange sounds,
and then she fell asleep on the floor.
My wife and I felt a tingle
as the fairy began to snore
and slowly the night ended
and dawn broke once more.
With the waking of the sun
the spell was broken
and we were back
to the way we were before,
and the fairy grew back her wings
as life was back to normal again. It was no more wishes
for my wife and I.
As for the fairy
she never wants
to become human again.
The moral of this tale
is be careful what you wish for
as it might not always
be what you wanted.
27-28 December 2012

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right before my eyes.
Work held out its open arms
ready for my return.
It eagerly waited for me
to embrace it with all my might.
Sadly I did not feel incline t
o readily dance to its tune.
I just started slowly
and got back into the old routine.
29 September 2008

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with only five days left
of the most wonderful holiday
that my wife and I have ever had.
The people we have met
are now friends forever
and there will be sadness
when we have to leave them
and make our journey home.
We can only hope
in the not to distant future
we will get the chance
to meet up together again.
15 June 2009

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kept thinking it was a day
that hadn’t yet gone.
Must have had a bit too much
to drink last night,
but I’ve never known tea
to affect me like that before,
maybe it was one too many sugars.
However, I had my breakfast
and my mind began to clear.
I know what day it is now,
or at least I think I do.
Maybe tomorrow it will be clear,
but if not, I’ll get up
on the other side of the bed.
If that doesn’t help
I’ll just go back to bed
and wait for Monday,
whenever that will be.
13 April 2013

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than it was the day before.
My arms seemed to be too long
and kept bumping into things.
It was as if they had grown overnight,
even as the day progressed
they still seemed longer
than they were the day before.
I know I am tall and have long arms,
but today it seemed they were more so.
When I wake up tomorrow,
I will really start worrying
if I can touch my toes
without bending over.
5 July 2009

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Tried to do my shirt up
With a rusty cuff link
My head is pounding
Like a big bass drum
While I laid there wondering
Where I had come from
I had been to a party
Just the night before
Now I was wondering
How I got out the door
All I can remember
Was the pounding beat
The shining lights rhythmitizing
With the dancing feet
(date written unknown)

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