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[sid] => 174652
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[aid] => mick
[title] => Let me express the shame of failure
[time] => 2012-12-29 08:44:39
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[bodytext] => I'm drowning in magnolia, let me tear down these walls let me articulate the pain of failure. let me write in spray paint about it on bus windows or on block-garages nothing is forever. Think of re-possesed homes think of failed marriages take nothing for granted. Think of retirement homes think of dole queues think. forty hours a week, overdue rent and a anguished choice: electric, clothes or food. let me express the shame of failure that resides ever so tenuously in my parents eyes more overtime, a loan, a favour anything just to temporarily fix it let me be, I'll talk it over with my grandparents after tea and biscuits let me drown the dirty sensation of it in a weatherspoons let me roll ciggarettes and listen to the radio on Saturday afternoons let me wake up on a sunday to the sound of the motorway, knowing I've got enough in the bank to keep the bailliffs away let me express the shame of failure that lies in every aspect of my life running out of time and excuses wondering what I'm going to do don't let my confidence and self-belief dissolve infront of you, don't let me bump into old friends in the newsagents, with me fumbling for change or the store declining my card payment let me express the shame of failure [comments] => 0 [counter] => 165 [topic] => 6 [informant] => flavellm [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => AngryPoetry )
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