Sheena Blackhall Poems

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1. The Travellers

'I'll have a limousine, ' said Sean.
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The High Rise block in Anytown
Sucks up folk like a straw

It stands in the dusk
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Do not speak too soon, or too often
Hum a little....Mmmmm....de.dum dum dum
Pour yourself into a nearby space
Like water into a jug
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'I was a high wire artist with a circus
I kicked my legs in the air, hung over Death
My aunt's a thirteenth cousin to Camilla'
The girl announced. 'I'm terribly well bred.'
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The hare ran fast through Blueberry Wood
Quick as a river flowing
The sun was warm and the land was good
Now was the time for growing
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1.Wild Mentors

When a bird is hurt
It cries in half - notes
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Like a dog that’s lost the scent
On a night of snow and dark
I sat outside the door of what’s Not Home Now
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He appeared, a short-arsed man in a uniform,
Walking funny, strutting like a goose
As if his legs wore callipers
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1. A Potion to Perk up your Cat

Two co-ordinates of brimstone
A pinch of bum fluff
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You should have seen your man at the bar on Friday!
Over Daniel's wife he was like rash
Didn't you wonder where he was till Sunday?
Daniel's wife is the village bike, white trash.
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