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I present as autistic, although I have never been diagnosed as such. I cannot turn down the opportunity to make puns. I do not “get” emotions. Life is “going through the motions”. Perfumes either make me choke, or mask the sounds of the outside. I can count on my hand the number of time I have lied. I feel everything with extreme passion outwardly. I feel very little inwardly. It is hard to explain things without using literary devices. I don’t trust people who like me. Most of my life I have been afraid. My favourite colour is orange. I have faith in few, and it is always the brave.

  July 2023     15 hours ago

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When I was 15
I became obsessed with
the Yin and the Yang.

The truth and the lies.

It was the first piece of jewellery I ever wore -
a cheap piece of tat
held round my neck
with nothing more than a shoestring.

A hormonal, earnest...

by PS

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Mother and Father

“Father God and Mother Church” -
the creator and the nourisher…
the swaddle and the birch.

The child of both knows how to grow,
and passes on both fear and love,
from cradle to the...

by Xavier.

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Blood.

I was not the son you wanted.

You were not the father I needed.

We failed each other.

Only your name...

by Xavier.

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Space. Time. Your soul, body, and mind.

The problem
with watching too much sci-fi
as a lonely child
is that one tends to project.

So,
every time I say goodbye -
I die.

For real.

Unchecked.

But it does give me something -
gives me a chance to renew.

A falsehood,
a...

by Xavier.

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Am I too late? Is this to “immolate”..?

The flame that you lit
burned me -
caused me to scarper,

and the black ash
that remained -
the harbinger,
was far darker
than what I’d imagined.


It stained
every day since.


Like ink.

Truth.

Pushed to the brink.



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by Charles.

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Pen and ink

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Written version.

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In games of life and death,
no-one wins,
not really.

But the flip-side reveals a lot,
a chance to note
what’s
going on.

“Your presence heals me.”
 

6 days ago

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Teardrops and rainfall and ink lots and grief

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Keep going.

You have something.

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Have re-read this for the first time since writing it.

Very mawkish.

Poorly written.

I think the sentiment has some good that shines through.

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I shall rest,
with your permission.

I shall write,
with no contrition.

A moment’s pause,
a chance to think…
that tick’ling touch -
a call to drink.

So I shall rest
at the edge of tracks,

a chance to truly
hit the max.
 

22 days ago

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Don’t change a THING.

Beautiful.

29 days ago

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