Margaret Alice Second Poems

Used to live in this area, it unleashes
icy memories of anxious meaningless
being, loneliness without warmth -
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I've no funds of my own - so if I buy something
like sandals to not go barefoot your fury knows
no bounds; you're livid as shoes will be bought
in consultation after months of deliberation and
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My weekend sins - eating chocolate-fudge ice-cream,
cupcakes with a caramel centre and marinated chicken
wings - reduced me to a catatonic robot, just a perfect
match for Marvin the paranoid android - while so many
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Though he can't stand my chatting I know my
husband loves me - and my colleague is kind,
though she thinks I'm a brain dead idiot; such
is life, a game of pros & cons, the only way to
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I have no eyes - looked into the mirror but
couldn't find them - found a gel eye-pencil,
started to draw serious eyes on my face,
wanted to see these eyes when catching
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Making Trinchado, meat stewed in a sauce
of Worcestershire sauce, Balsamic vinegar,
red wine and brandy, but my meat dish kept
separately - these ingredients would wreak
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Sitting amongst a Calvinistic work force in the
translation section - receiving mind vibrations
of workmates shaking their heads on learning
its my duty to translate a ‘Manual For Access
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May I rest in Peace - [REV.]
Nici overjoyed, after the call she has a new job,
she was afraid of being unemployed, scared of
losing her love, starving to death on her own as
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Drawing eyes for myself is all well and good, but
the gel eyeliner pencil is called Smudge and this is
what it does, smudges a dark sad sheen with a hint
of sleepless nights in purple sacks below my eyes
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Part 1

I should be translating depressing President letters -
but whereas I feel lost and guilty when there is no work
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