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Digital Clock Blues

by Ian Whiteley

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Digital Clock Blues

the pulsing dots on my digital clock
are slightly out of sync
with my thumping heart and spinning head
I’m so drunk I can’t think

I see your face like neon taste
it makes me want for home
my hair’s a mess my clothes un-pressed
Oh Christ! I need a comb

my love’s shot down in rainbow ruin
I’ve played the game and lost
now the drinking’s stopped me thinking
and I...

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Monday 5th May 2014 7:41 pm

hangover   drink   retribution   guilt   waking

In The Arms Of Morpheus

by Ian Whiteley

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In The Arms Of Morpheus

 

drifting over

dew cast lawns

bare footed and silent

the silken threads

of spiders webs

lacing toes with frost

melting footprints

cross the path

lead gently to

a flowing river

where dreams

pop to the surface

in silver bubbles

before being lost

In the flowing eddies

 

the trees

gather close

e...

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Friday 18th October 2013 8:25 pm

dream state   dreams   morpheus   sleep walking   somnambulance   waking

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