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To Men Who Catcall
A man with no manners called me rude, after shouting something about my boobs, and being wounded by the sharp edges of my sweary response. I assume he’ll heal, from being told to fuck off, but my body is full of scars, spoken onto my skin, by men, who don’t know how to keep their…
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Sincerely, Jennifer x – S05E02 – Postcards From The Calais Jungle
On today’s episode, Jennifer shares some new poems, and talks about finding an ideal love, empathy in today’s society and how to enjoy being alive, when you’re not having a good time with the human experience. Jennifer also updates you on recent events in British politics, including the big fascist’s day out, Boris Johnson trying…
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Fireworks
Yellow stars fading into the darkness, replaced by blue, and then red. I am homesick for you, holding the necklace you got me for my birthday, to my beating heart, like it was my connection to God, watching New Year’s fireworks, halfway through the calendar, because you fracture my thoughts, and the way time interacts…
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Cover Me In White Roses
Cover me in white roses, when it’s all over, when the sun stops spinning around me, and the stars dress in dark lace. Make me a garden, where things go to say goodbye, in the chapel, where we first kissed, racked with guilt, because our love always felt secret, even when everybody knew, and you…
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The Passion Of The Poet
The night is never ending, but it goes so quickly. There are fragments that are frozen, the warmth of your desire, waiting, just above my skin, wild and wicked, I am enchanted. You are enchanting, I am echoing the incantation, that trips from your lips to my own, charmed by the safety and sensuality of…