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Usual
You fucked me
in the usual way
Fast, selfish and unsensuous
I couldn’t wait
for you to finish
I wanted a cigarette
They never fail
to satisfy me
Where you can’t
They will kill me
but so will you
You inspire boredom
Outside
They don’t realise how lonely it is
on the outside.
They pushed me to it, cheered me on
and smiled.
They think I obtained it all
on my escape.
W
R
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G
I have less now than when I was sat with them
on the inside.
At least then I had somebody to share
moments with.
Now I have nothing except my reflection keeping me company.
It’s lonely on [...]
Fare
I wait for the bus in a strange town
And wonder with a nervous edge if
the driver will understand what I am saying
when I ask ‘how much is the fare?’.
They don’t like outsiders here,
and they like odd accents even less.
This town, caught up in its antiquity,
could be mistaken for a black hole.
It’s in a timewarp you [...]
