The crab he destroyed his packaging
yes
he tore through the plastic wrap
with his claws
YES
the crab is free
- Can he be our pet now?
- A crab is not a pet.
- But we can't cook him now.
- I suppose not.
- Not now he's exscaped.
- Escaped. But he - or she -
has earned its freedome.
To save money and because we were all so
Key worker busy shifting through the festive period
The grand project the big launch
We barely decorated the office and
Barely held some celebrations there
Dirty laundry in my cabinet
Stuffed below a stack of microwave snacks
I'd hardly ventured outside in weeks
No time to visit the parents, such a
Great excuse, working right up to the chimes
Sober as the days were long
Someone started vacuuming at five minutes past
Another kip on the camp bed beckoned
Some messages pinged on my phone
Old friends, your mum and dad, then
An unknown number reading:
hi lov e yuo bu t
we cantt b fr einds ny mor e
hapy new ye r
wi ll neve r forg t th ose time sx
The overpowering even through
the car window of the farmyards and
muck spreading in Hampshire fields
as a new song comes on the radio
about a man who used to be disgusted
I'd recently become obsessed with
every new song and all the old songs
a thrilling addiction that
lit up my developing brain along
side the horrifying surges of puberty
with much sprouting and eruptions
I tried to be amused
But how long can you hold your breath and
pretend none of this is happening
the horrors of school briefly paused
now the immersion in family conflict
can be resumed, and how long
Will this stench continue, it's
right in the back seat with me and
my oblivious sister
in the days before seatbelts
on the way to grandma's
for the summer holidays it's
as if the filth will cling to me forever
Same as the man on the radio with
the unlikely name who's done some kind of
deal with he devil even if he talks
of angels
Only deepens the humiliation
just know this
when a person
tries to fight back
against severe degradation
using aggression
or retaliation
it often fails
to restore power
and instead only deepens
the humiliation the
severe degradation
locking the victim
further into
a painful cycle
of powerlessness
and conflict
to preserve the memory
to bear witness
to take revenge
severe degradation
Just know this
Jesus said that everyone
who exalts himself
will be humbled, and
he who humbles himself
will be exalted
to take revenge
and seek justice
or ultimately
to forgive
severe degradation
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I Love You
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I Wanted to Love You More
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the words "we love you"
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I wanted to love
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she also helped out
explains the childhood
to lo ev yo u mo r e
So many times I tried
to get through to you
trampoline friends are not real friends
you can't rely on them
you will not survive the
tough times with them. Now
How can you expect me
to go with you to their
bouncing jamboree, or the
thanksgiving tumbling party
I don't roll like that
I won't somersault for you
And I'll say it again your
trampoline friends are not real friends
We were just normal men
goofing off in the office
in our private lives
in our personal times
Gavin and let's call him Lee
mid-level digital warriors
for the camera sported
oversized red bucket hats
just a couple of gorms
covered by cheap millinery
we sent the cropped
screenshot to the group chat
using the anon option
asking have you seen these
suspicious bucketheads
all in our off duty lives
all in the lunchbreak times
we asked the Q and came back
the A that one's Lee! yes
that's definitely him, we
recognise that old turkeyneck
don't need to see - in fact
would rather not see - his
maroon prune fizz
obscured by bucket don't
forget zoom at five
