john mcleish Poems

The governments tighten their grip
through the use o' the internet
Global Electronic Beauracratic Infrastructure
every human a 'Unit' te be quantified
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Grand Unified Theory
where could it possibly be
fay Cosmological Gravity
te Atoms se tiny wee
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Sometimes when ye get in the ring
ye ken yur gonna' get hammered
but ye get in anyway
like some kind o, psycho sado masochist
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Lying awake as a bairn in Dundee
faird te go te sleep
fur in the morn' the bullies
will be oot te batter me
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I want te blow up a kangaroo
we' ma Atomic Bong
on koala bears and panda's, too
I'd dropp a great big bomb
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I lay my head doon
upon the cool red earth
in the distant, the lights o toon
but they offer nay warmth
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Alas!
the angels sing
Halleluja
fur this Requiem
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Loneliness and drugs
the curse o success
fur the poet needs the pain
peace comes, enly in death
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Time te hit the road, Jack
let's blow the this toon
walk on, Kerouac
and whistle yur goodbye, tune
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Can ye see her, my brother
as she stands before
the doorway, that radiates white light
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