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Friday 25 March 2022

This is not a list

I don’t cook

like I used to


I have no urge

I just don’t want to


I had two books

to write


for myself, or maybe

one might


have gotten a deal

or both


or neither, but now

fuck knows


if I’ll ever go back

and carry on


I think perhaps

those days’ve gone.



I don’t smile

like I used to


I’m finding ways

to want to.


I can’t be arsed

setting up mics


I can’t be arsed

getting sound right


It does my head

right in


That the fucking songs

keep coming


one take is all

they’re gonna get


Instant upload

done. Dusted. Next.



I keep waking up,

no matter what.


Mornings are bright

tho I’m not.


I’m stuck here now

Until I’m not.


I’m stuck here now

no matter what.


I wasn’t gonna

make a list.


I tried not to.


I aimed.

I missed.