Margaret Alice Poems

Some dreamers sing about love in such a way we all
want to commit suicide, some depict love as a tale of
eternal deception and jealousy, but then one day
appears a singer with a new attitude, depicting
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Saturday bloomed in a blend
of Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz
and Merlot, you were so excited
while preparing the venison, golden
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Lost my Open-Sesame access card,
left only holding the lanyard, now have
to pray the security guard is at hand to
open every door for me, must structure
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Mother says Grandma Alice was bad, I asked
why – ‘She pushed me out’ mother said ‘She
took over my home, prepared meals, did
domestic chores
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Khaderbhai was a fanatic with no respect
for freedom, he did not care that success
depends on respect for the freedom of
people to choose for themselves
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Father and mother approve of their own lives
remember being great parents, scaring me into
obedience to such an extent I disappeared, was
a great way to teach me humility
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I love reading imaginative essays
my eye on the beauty and extent
of imagination, not to find proofs
and negations
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Helplessly bored while
facing my chores, working
against the tide, paddling
upstream in a nightmarish
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Time to prepare for tomorrow, to change
my dial from happiness to sorrow, getting
ready to charge the next hurdle, the ubi-
quitous production sheet, the bane of my
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Oh wondrous pain, ice-cream caramel
for breakfast, wiped the files in my brain
cannot prioritise, mind resonating with
nothing, gone all emotion, I am a
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