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Her Father Is Dead and Today Is His Birthday
I send best wishes to your ashes,flowers with bowed heads are no comfort,because I feel nothing on this day, every year.There is happiness in the days before,then hangovers,then nothing.An emptiness that is taller than you and I,an endless echo of silence that stalks me from midnight, until the twenty ninth stutters into life,and it’s not…
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Carry You
Sending the seeds of a dandelion towards the sky,I long for the safety of Spring,the early morning breeze, butterflies dancing as the day begins,and your memory is tight in my tarnished hands.I carry you everywhere,like the keys to my car or a sickness in my veins,and for once, you stay,bound never to vanish again.
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Push The Button. Don’t Push The Button.
Down in the depths of the ocean,a man has made a decision,so another pushes a button,and then we’re gone. The air will be hot and white,trains toppling from their rails like toddler’s toys,cars crumpling and colliding as houses slide down into piles of rubble,melting like butter. We’ve gone over this before.War is just child’s play…
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Jesus Christ’s Seventeenth Birthday
By the age of seventeen,Jesus had gotten sick of his Birthday.The cake was okay,and the presents had improved since the days of the stable,but every birthday took him closer to an impossible task,something he didn’t feel able to do. It’s a bit much to wake up on your birthday,and realise you’re supposed to save the…
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Diverse Verse – Christmas Special 2021
Hola amigos, You can now listen to the Diverse Verse Christmas Special on Spotify here. I really hope you enjoy it ❤️ Diverse Verse Besos, J x