Poetry

Cracked poem

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Post deluge

Cracked poem

Workload
Presses.
Push-pull processes
Contain,
Constrict.

Client’s accusations
Repeated ad nauseum-
Words of what’s not;
“Not personal” allegations.

Disbelief at
Venomous diatribe of
Denunciation in an open forum;
Labelled assertiveness,
Unsatisfactory:
Communication,
Responsiveness,
Collaboration.

Serpentine untruths ensnare.
Shocked defence falls on deaf ears;
Is this narcissism or intimidation?

Humiliating threads tighten, pulling,
Reopening dealt with scenarios.

Searing stress surges forth,
Wringing panic pervades,
Ruminating anxiety builds
To numbing worthlessness.

Tumultuous tears tear,
Renting body emotions spew.

Rage twists to shame and guilt.

Peripheral whispers

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Peripheral whispers

During futile maintenance of the countenance,
Peripheral whispers of carelessness
Unexpectedly seep forth –
Barely there.
Phantom faces and places drift across mind’s eye,
Borne by indolent apathy.
“If I had …”
“Oh too late, too bad, so sad.”
Like illegible, lichen-encrusted tombstones,
Untethered names no longer hold meaning.
Stories with no one to tell them
Languish; become extinguished.
A brisk 6 am walk staves off the Winter chill.
Aboard the 300, meandering melancholic musings inspire this prose.

Time for change

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Time for change

Sunday serenity disrupted:
“Zee-earning” dirt bikes,
Mowers rattle ‘n’ roar,
Whipper snippers “Buzz-err-err-zeeping”,
Avian cacophony; “chit chat,” “caw,” “screech,” “tweet tweet tweeting,” and
Insane, incessant insects thrumming.
Planning. Packing. Downsizing.
Time waits for no one.

Calm restored-
This view’s days are numbered.
Midas’ late afternoon light
Gilds the garden,
Revealing lush, emerald vibrance.
Warmth wanes; wakening, Winter wins-
Heralding pastures new.

Unkind opine

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Gemini ai created image

Observation by another
Finding whiskers wanting
Stones in glass houses!
Why am I bothered?
Widow tells tale of
Bride’s imbibe bribe
Forever begone the beard shed
Then wed; to an early grave led?
Rather than hark and heed
Is it not better to
Know and love thyself first?

Sunset returns

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Weary tears
Moisten lower lashes
Insufficient to fall free
Achy orbital cavities
Constrict the oculi
Head wrenching yawns
Cause sore jaw
Ear piercing pain
Drills drum deep
Bark parched throat clenches
Crunched up squashed in
Fifty minutes’ commute
Will soon be over

From having to being

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Earth’s magnetism channeled through beings,
Is it a catelyst for amassing?
Maybe it arose after emancipation from a modest childhood
And Mom’s mission of making do?
Or perhaps a mammal’s natural need for nesting?
Necessities and niceties for a fuzzy bunny to attract a big cat mate?
Three score years of accepting, acquiring, accumulating.
Even emigrating, moving interstate; a reluctance to release, relinquish and renounce as we ‘may need it one day’.
As hour grains run faster, we the tiger and the rabbit reflect and act upon reality;
The compulsion for conservation of capitalist commodities has contracted.
Burdensome belongings bring joy no more.
Deliberately we’re divesting, downsizing, disencumbering.
With lightness of mind body and soul,
We are distilling dreams to design a direct destination,
Carefully eking out the remainder for our next stage of life.

One winter Wednesday

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One winter Wednesday, wee wan Willy Weasel whistles wistfully,
Why’re wide-eyed whelk, Wellington’s waist worn white wings waving without wind?
Wellington, Wellie-to-friends, wobbles wildly, whizzing, whirring, wending
To Wollongong wedding of Wendy Weevil to Willow Winkle.
Wendy’s award winning women’s weaves once won, way-beyond Willow’s winding wastewater wicking widget.
What a wonderful wardrobe they’ll wangle!
Wander welcomes welterweight Wombat, Walter wearing weather worn wafer-thin western wove wheat-sheaves.
Wicked waiter, Wilfred watches whilst wading in the weeds,
Whittled walnut water-raft whooshes in Wembley Womble Witch and Wakefield Whale Wizard, whispering worthwhile words to witty Wandering Wolf, Winston.
Winsome Wensleydale Wench, Winnie has the where with all to warn of a woefully wavering weighty wonton wagon whisking towards the waterfall.
Wow, wiggling Worcestershire Worm, Winona get’s to work on the wailing wheels with wooden wedges.
Willy Weazel whiffs the scent of wafting wedding whisky, wondering whether the weather will warm.

I am someone who’s:

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Almost a teenager

Diligent

Self-effacing

Scatter-brained

Passionately curious

Bored with the mundane of copy paste updating and repetition that could be completed by optical character recognition and coding

Solving problems by identifying, sorting, and organising filaments of information into threads to plait into a rope to hold on to as we take steps toward a goal

Me

Panic

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Tallow Beach Nov 2024

Putrid pounding panic percolates,
Producing pent up pressure,
Presenting powerlessness permeates.

Deducing dreadfully dark downfall
Desperate denuded drowning
Dubious duplicitous denouncement

Avid alarm avoidance;
Amber anchored aggregates arterially
Articulating ‘AARGH!’, alleviating an aneurism

Fallen foolish faun finds feet frozen fjord;
Frenzied fumbling for frosty firmness,
Feigning fabulous feeling.

Homeward bound

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From Tuesday’s

Work weary wending walk
Carriage, shuffle tap to pay.
Glimpse Belisha beacon flash;
Fluorescent amber hoodie on a bike
My chariot awaits.

To
A handheld rainbow at Petrie station.