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Poems 1


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Confidence: A poem for three voices
Another Trite Poem
Shadows
The Unfairness of Life: A reply to Macbeth
Breakfast on a Family Holiday
Vilanelle
Differences
Elinor
I only smoke in Autumn

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I only smoke in Autumn

At the tail end of summer In the middle of September When the leaves are slowly dying And the sky is low and grey Then I get a sudden craving (every year the same sensation) For the taste of burned tobacco And a rush of nicotine. So I buy a pack of ten - and then smoke one or two each week. By the time the packet's finished It is coming up to Christmas And I do not need the solace Of the smoke within my lungs. So I only smoke in autumn And I can't explain it better. I can take it, or can leave it. Just I'd rather take than leave. Just I'd rather take than leave. undated