Joseph Tanner Poems

Consumed in his own thoughts,
In his own little Paris.
People on pass by,
The queue going nowhere,
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Yesterday kid,
What it was like to be a yesterday kid?
With no cares in the world.
Where playing games consisted of being outside,
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Learning the way to write,
I follow the masters of time,
Which we learn from school,
By writing what we know,
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Prison
Lockdown,
Watching from my escape,
Cars hum and purr as they glide by,
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Looking into the mirror,
I’ve become so vain,
I like what’s looking back at me.
I take time on my appearance,
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I am a dreamer,
Dreamers let their wings get clipped,
Dreamers go nowhere,
But here.
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The sea is crashing in,
The wind screaming with the seagulls,
The deadly cry is heard by far.
The red flags are flying,
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Six colours fill the sky,
For all to see.
We stand in defiance,
We don’t ask to understand,
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Mirror, mirror, on the wall am I the fairest of them all?
This one not for the faint of heart,
This is no bedtime story or Walt Disney fairytale.
Only 7 years bad luck,
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Seven days a week,
A day of rest cannot be had.
A day to pay thanks,
A day to enjoy the company of loved ones.
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