Nothing
means
Anything
when
No-one
hears
Nothing
means
Anything
when
No-one
hears
The birthday came around again, a further step to
an eternity that they would spend apart.
The past had sent cards, flowers, words.
This year was thoughts, alone
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There were no marks to distinguish the package. At least, nothing out of the ordinary. THat was always key to a successful delivery. He wasn’t there to see the results, but imagined it being opened, an unexpected prize to his achievement. Once again.
he stepped back into childhood like a warm bath. back to
the house and garden, the inside no longer brimming
with things that could or should be changed. a backdrop, then
to the memories which this time played outside,
stood by the in the garden, looking up, around, window to
window and across the old bricks.
And you
the great voyeur
action watching actions
or
navigating text
with eyes that
edit the
truth
meaning
and comments
of the others
a removed yet
jealous head
cracked
by the wait
and
the fall
your pardon
begged
once again
for this and any other
inconvenience
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a test.
Not this post. Thats just
an expression of the
keyboard
before it goes to the pub
No
This thought
that anyone is there
a test of belief
in oneself
and in reflection