Death wish

Sometimes

I wish

I was terminally ill

so I could quit work

forever,

guilt-free.

We could sit

on the bed and

play board games

and you’d make my dinner

for me.

And when you weren’t here

I could read magazines,

write a diary

and watch trash TV.

And you’d have to be nice,

if you liked it or not

Whatever I said,

You’d agree.

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TV times

Imagine

if you saw

all the bad times in your life

played out

in sequence,

like the highlights on

Big Brother.

Every time you’d let someone down

Every time you’d picked a fight

Every time you’d acted like a little brat

despite being a grown woman

to get your own way.

Would you vow to change

or just worry that

your hair looks a bit funny.

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Progress

eventually

all you’ll become

is an imprint

less material

than a pressed

flower

from a

bygone age.

there wont be

a love letter

or a

faded photograph

in your

legacy.

you will be

transient

as a

text message. 

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