Need a bank account to get paidNeed a tax number to get taxedNeed a job to get a tax numberTax office needs a start date to give me a tax numberJob needs my tax number before they’ll give me a start date Uh-oh! Bank account will close soon with no tax numberWho on God’s greenContinue reading “Just Emigrated: a poem”
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Choices Chosen: a poem
Two months since I heard the terrible newsI think I got something far worse than the bluesIt’s been a whirlwind of darkness and boozeI can’t understand the choices you choose How would a rapist make a good father?I don’t even know why I still botherBut especially a little baby girlHow’s he supposed to explain theContinue reading “Choices Chosen: a poem”
Fishermen and Discipline: a poem
Two thousand years since Andrew and Peterfished the sea of GalileeLike countless men who lived between,I too cast a line,hoping for a catch I too heard a callingGave up everything Sadly for me, and the countless betweenFeelings refuse to be bottled upA potion to drink when we fall apart
Lefty Forrester 