Yellow-belly Jelly Baby

You lay down
and let them walk all over you
Smiled
Stayed pleasant
You were conned
and now you've lost everything
Well done
Have a nice day


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Front offside tyre has a slow puncture
pressure drops, car wobbles
rusty bolts in the suspension shake loose
exhaust pipe and differential scrape the road
steering goes wonky

I clip trees, bash off a loose wing mirror
can't see who's alongside
Uncertainty, on a downhill section
burns out the overused brakes


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Morning

7:00
Those two zeros
remind me of spectacles –
a cartoon character
Beano, 1956

I'm 7
on the edge
of my chair
reading
Treasure Island



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