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Thursday, March 06, 2008

 

Dave

Dave is proud of his bronze tan,
His golden hair and his silver van.
It carries him from place to place.
He keeps it cleaner than his face.

His chat-up lines make women weak,
So much so they cannot speak,
But they can puke. Dave says 'cheers'.
Their eyes can leak a lot of tears

That leave mascara stains on cheeks.
If they had stayed awake for weeks
They couldn't look as bad as this.
They feel the opposite of bliss.

Instinct helps them find the bar.
They couldn't tell you where they are.
They only know they hate this place.
With lipstick smeared across their face,

This completes the sad clown look.
Their plans to write a childrens' book
Start to seem like pointless dreams.
All ambitions, plans and schemes

Appear as just a waste of time.
They'll always be a clown or mime,
Acting out life's main events
Within the confines of a fence,

A fence that only they can see.
They'll never feel remotely free.
Their eyes are pools of deep despair.
They'll find a biscuit in their hair.

The more Dave talks, the more they cry.
Their well of tears will not run dry.
Their face illuminates their plight,
And Dave thinks 'It's my lucky night'.






Some of my other sites:

The Tree and the Horse - Read the first two chapters of my novel.

Very Slight Stories - Very short stories.

Henry Seaward-Shannon - Stories about Henry's relatives. A new one each week.

The East Cork Patents Office - Inventions from East Cork, like a watch that tells you when your horse is in love.





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Not Nationwide A short novel.

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Some Irish Blogs:
Gizmo's (Non)sense

Pretty Cunning

The Dossing Times

Fustar

Cruiskeen Eile
Kevin Myers' blog (sorry, Colonel Kevin Myers).

The Chancer

Sinead Gleeson

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