Jerry Pike Poems

Last Train

There was one rode in, and one rode out,
below sodium trickles, of Saturday doubt,
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5.15 and all the world lies dead
they spoke their last then upped a mobile bid,
I couldn’t save a million with your kiss,
so fell asleep and dreamed like princes did.
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Let’s Get Lost

Again the ceiling thumped, through black
and whitened flickers of the old,
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Down at the cemetery medals, I drift,
no twitching mind, but there,
a millionaire sits up,
bumping into my thoughts,
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Forever told me not to wait too long, just in case….
He always spoke in maybes,
bit like Eternity, never a straight word,
lots of Always and happy ever after,
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I realised I didn’t miss ……..
but oh, how I miss love
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I own the world, Yes! Every speck,
you dare to doubt me? Call my bluff?
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A curly jigsaw sky,
protrudes from the edge of dawn,
overlapping this new mown field.
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The ASBO park brims.
I grease through a ten deep,
thinly veneered bar
for cheap gassy beer, and people.
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The shadows are pretty this morning,
volunteering their colours up top,
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