Margaret Alice Second Poems

A soft warm peach-coloured blanket
and socks and cloths with a sewing
kit to attach the buttons my pink top
sheds at an alarming rate - clearly
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After the murder, after the death, only ghosts left
lurking inside, waiting for explorers to try & read
the riddle written in blood on the doors and floors,
also the ceiling in certain rooms where a deranged
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Suddenly: latest government buzzwords terrorising
officials trying to work quietly are ‘Health’ & ‘Safety’
except for one painting toenails while discoursing in
exotic languages requiring many exclamations and
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The whole truth can’t be found complete as bits
are scattered everywhere, individual sources are
incomplete; look into everything: nature, books,
all living things, for unique aspects of the truth
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We write the stories of our lives
by living life in word and deed -
defining who we are by every
act, every word we say reveals
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Since my beloved believes my twin’s teaching me
independence (which he deems inappropriate) we
have clandestine meetings - then power failure at
work with exciting possibilities of explosions if too
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I’m frozen - appear purple and blue under the
office glare of fluorescent lights - wearing my
ice-blue jersey, draped with pink & white bead
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Love Disney’s movie ‘Frozen’ - my only
gripe is Hans Christian Anderson’s story
didn’t supply any details of a mysterious
Snow Queen - and yet she’s given a
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Wishing to accomplish something I rambled about
and found a black velvet assassins’ Fedora in the
Chinese shop, the cerise one with blue and purple
flowers I wore got on my nerves - silver nail polish
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You made it clear the bright colours I wear
aren’t to your taste, so a cerise top chosen
first goes back into the cupboard today -
out comes the zebra stripe top with black
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