Our contact is painful, sporadic,
remote, your response is typical,
and so predictable.
How can such a high IQ
produce an attitude like this?
“Wash your hands,” you’re told.
You ask “how many times?”
Now your silence says it all.
I have always washed my hands,
common sense suggests
such practices are sound, though
now especially when it comes to
you.
Copyright Francis Barker 2020
Birds go where they wish
Terns can fly from pole to pole
Thoughts go anywhere
Of all the types of poetry, the pastoral theme is probably the most English. Listen to Milly’s take on one of the most important English poets from the midlands, John Clare.
Copyright Francis Barker 2020
Crying” is a song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson for Orbison’s third studio album of the same name. Released in 1961, it was a number… … 18 more words
Roy Orbison “Crying” (1962) — AMERICA ON COFFEE
There’s only one truth
Both stark and reassuring
Trillions of lies
Copyright Francis Barker 2020
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