Whether or not it's substandard, Douglas, it's very touching. Almost John
Clare-like in a way.
Best
Dave
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From: "Douglas Clark" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 8:31 AM
Subject: My millenium poem
> I posted my second poem of the year last night (I dont count the 'Kitten'
> poems which are aimed at children) and now realise that I never posted
> my first poem of the year, my millenium poem. It is a bit substandard.
>
>
> Old
>
> Every day I drink myself
> A little closer to death,
> When I will sleep
> Forever and dream of love.
>
> Every night I lie down awake
> Silent in my bed,
> And my furry cat Marty
> Dosses down at my feet.
>
> At six in the morning
> Lovely Marty departs,
> And I have to force myself
> To face another dawn.
>
> Take it day by day,
> My blood disease froths;
> When my bone marrow burns out
> I will say goodbye.
>
> I have lived past the century
> Into a new millennium,
> But I carry too many wounds
> To start afresh.
>
> It is the end of an era
> And I am an anachronism,
> Thank God for a lively young cat
> Who loves to play games.
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> Douglas Clark, Bath, England mailto: [log in to unmask]
> Lynx: Poetry from Bath ..........
http://www.bath.ac.uk/~exxdgdc/lynx.html
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