eileen's poem collation number II of the  index




feel quite self concious posting these rhyming poems

they just come onto my head like that in a weird almost unconcious way

really not sure i like them

they're in a mood of thier own sorta rueful and reflective





cry


is


all


i


want


to


do


that


and


need


to


talk


to


you


asking


if


your


love


is


true


oh


menopause


deep


midnight


blue
















a


mish


mash


of


god


awful


tripe


my


poems


any


thing


that


makes


me


pause




OR




a


mish


mash


of


absolute


trash


my


poems


any


thing


that


gives


me


pause
















i've


never


had


to


do


this


before


spit


words


out


on


paper
















an


aberration


in


character


is


that


possible?

















a


man


is


struggling


to


save


his


town


by


building


the


worlds


largest


gumboot


how


can


i


not


smile


knowing


that


the


glorious


stupidity
















i


can't


write


for


figs




toffee


either




i'd


just


like


to


write


for


myself




and


one


other


;o)
















wondering


if


my


neighbour




(who


is


riding


up


the


laneway)




is


going


to


get


a


paper




(that


he


usually


gets


on


saturday)




birds


sing


a


light


breeze


blows
















its


too


late


i'm


a


dead


woman


save


the


funeral


songs


sit


me


under


majestic


trees


let


me


be


at


one
















men


are


made


of


hot


air


strutting


boastfully


foolish


faces


grimacing
















menopause


stopped


by


today


decided


she


would


like


to


play


brought


two


friends


from


along


the


way


anger


and


sorrow


who've


decided


to


stay


i


wish


that


they'd


all


go


away


and


i


could


go


back


to


yesterday
















depression


my


dear


you


inspire


me


to


poetry


but


we


really


must


stop


meeting


like


this
















his


words


pierce




im


deflated


remains




failings


spilt


guts
















general


consensus


fits


every


body


when


it


suits


them
















to


understand


anothers


perspective


you


have


to


step


right


out


of


yourself
















sometimes


when


things


seem


to


be


falling


apart


they


are


merely


shifting
















love


requires


imagination


though


there


is


some


reality


to


it
















life


seemed


like


fruit


when


i


was


young


full


of


promise


sweet


to


taste


on


maturing


its


worms


and


bitterness
















men


feel


such


sympathy


for


the


women


they


want


to


fuck
















i


get


so


 ground


down


by


all


the


 reminders


of


what


it


is


you


really


like


will


you


never


get


bored


with


their


 unreality

















love


makes


aging


more


painful


and


difficult


not


easier


as


you


might


suppose
















nothing


in


life


ever


turns


out


the


way


you


imagine


never


more


so


than


when


you


get


what


you've


wanted
















hes


pulling


back


looking


anew


writing


bequests


moving


on


im


dying

















i


have


lost


you


to


winter


already


felt


you


take


your


leave


a


cold


wind


blows