Rode the Six Hundred

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We are naught without our beliefs,

they said

We have to defend our rights,

they said

We should show them who we are

they said

“Forward! Charge for the guns,”

they said —

based behind ballistic glass.

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I screamed, and screamed, and screamed.

I swore, I cried, and I tried

I want you back to rest on my back

And love like we swore we would

But when you went under that bumper

And I saw just your jumper

I knew you were gone.

I knew we were gone.

But then came Jimmy,

Someone, they said, to love,

To heal the scars you left me with.

But one dog for another —

Love doesn’t work that way.

Choice

There comes a time
when you should choose
it may be new, may be raw
you may not like it
oh, but what if you do?
take the plunge
and make a choice
it might look weird,
awkward, and greasy
but who’s to say its not pretty
and a perfect circle?
Beware though: It’s unknown
it could make you regret
and reach for a cigarette
Or just become your favourite.
Either way — choose something
I’m hungry.

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